Fechner

[ fekh-nuhr ]

/ ˈfɛx nər /

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noun

Gus·tav The·o·dor

[goos-tahf tey-aw-dawr], /ˈgʊs tɑf ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/, 1801–87, German physicist, psychologist, and philosopher.

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How to use Fechner in a sentence

One is reminded of Fechner's playful satire by the spectacle of those poets who ape angelic modes of progression.
Impressions And Comments|Havelock Ellis
If we waive this religious hobby of Fechner's, there still remains his peculiarity of using words and names in a symbolical sense.
The Positive Outcome of Philosophy|Joseph Dietzgen
If this could be accomplished with the theory of a universal soul, then Fechner would be the greatest philosopher that ever was.
The Positive Outcome of Philosophy|Joseph Dietzgen
Fechner is not aware that his universal soul reflects only one half of our present outcome of philosophical study.
The Positive Outcome of Philosophy|Joseph Dietzgen

As I said before, Fechner is a poet, and a poet sees similarities which a matter-of-fact brain cannot perceive.
The Positive Outcome of Philosophy|Joseph Dietzgen

British Dictionary definitions for Fechner

Fechner

/ (German ˈfɛçnər) /

noun

Gustav Theodor (ˈɡʊstaf ˈteːodoːr). 1801–87, German physicist, philosopher, and psychologist, noted particularly for his work on psychophysics, Elemente der Psychophysik (1860)

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Fechner

[ fĕk′nər, fĕKH′- ]

Gustav Theodor 1801-1887

German psychologist and physicist who studied the relationship between strength of stimulus and intensity of sensation, thereby founding psychophysics.