fechner

1. 1.

   German physicist who founded psychophysics; derived Fechner's law on the basis of early work by E. H. Weber (1801-1887)

   SynonymsGustav Theodor Fechner

   Broaderphysicist

Other forms of fechner

plural

fechners·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fechner

What does fechner mean?

fechner means "German physicist who founded psychophysics; derived Fechner's law on the basis of early work by E. H. Weber (1801-1887)".

How many syllables are in fechner?

fechner has 2 syllables: fech-ner. The stress falls on "fech". In IPA it is /ˈfɛknɚ/.

What is another word for fechner?

Close synonyms include Gustav Theodor Fechner. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fechner a common word?

fechner is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.