🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

韦伯

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Wéibó

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Weber/ˈweɪbər/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"马克斯·韦伯是一位著名的社会学家。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A surname of German origin, often associated with notable individuals in various fields.

    "Max Weber was a prominent sociologist known for his theories on social action."
  2. 2

    A unit of magnetic flux in the International System of Units (SI), named after the German physicist Wilhelm Eduard Weber.

    "The magnetic field strength was measured in webers."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'Weber' originates from the German word for 'weaver', derived from the Old High German 'wevar', which has been used since the medieval period to denote a person who weaves fabric. The name has evolved into a surname and is associated with notable figures in sociology and physics.

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