n.
Pronunciation: ' we-b ə r, ' v ā -b ə r
Function: noun
Etymology: Wilhelm E. Weber † 1891 German physicist
Date: 1891
: the practical meter-kilogram-second unit of magnetic flux equal to that flux which in linking a circuit of one turn produces in it an electromotive force of one volt as the flux is reduced to zero at a uniform rate in one second : 10 8 maxwells