Fechner

[ fekh-nuh r ]
/ ˈfɛx nər /

noun

Gus·tav The·o·dor [goo s-tahf tey-aw-dawr] /ˈgʊs tɑf ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/,1801–87, German physicist, psychologist, and philosopher.

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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.
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