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Fechner

American  
[fekh-nuhr] / ˈfɛx nər /

noun

  1. Gustav Theodor 1801–87, German physicist, psychologist, and philosopher.


Fechner British  
/ ˈfɛçnər /

noun

  1. 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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"Much more than that, she touched the lives of everyone around her with her positive spirit and courageous outlook," Fechner said.

From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2025

Economist Inga Fechner of ING Research said the effect on commodity and consumer prices has been muted by sluggish global demand.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

Another potential future development, said Mr. Fechner, would be to increase the use of 360-degree video, a technology that Vienna Tourism used in a promotional video last year.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2017

“I had tried so much stuff. I decided I’d try this God thing,” recalled Reese, who that night met Mike Fechner, a founder of BridgeBuilders.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 15, 2015

I prefer, therefore, to state briefly what in the opinion of prominent investigators like Helmholtz and Fechner is the peculiar function of Corti's fibres.

From Popular scientific lectures by Ernst Mach

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