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Fechner

American

[fekh-nuhr] / ˈfɛx nər /

noun

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

Fechner British

/ 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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"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

As Preyer accepts the Kant-Laplace theory of the origin of our earth from the sun, he reaches ideas which have points of contact with the “cosmo-organic” ideas of Fechner.

From Naturalism And Religion by Otto, Rudolf

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