Fechner
[fekh-nuh r] /ˈfɛx nər/
noun
1.
Gustav Theodor
[goo s-tahf tey-aw-dawr] /ˈgʊs tɑf ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1801–87, German physicist, psychologist, and philosopher.
/German 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)
Fechner Fech·ner (fěk’nər, fěKH’-), 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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