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▪ I. Weberian, a.1|wɪˈbɪərɪən| [f. name of E. H. Weber (see Weber2) + -ian.] Weberian corpuscle or Weberian organ, a tubular vesicle in the prostatic portion of the urethra. Weberian ossicles, a chain of small bones between the ear and the air-bladder in certain fishes; Weberian apparatus, the set of structures, including the ossicles, which connect the air-bladder with the ear.
1849–52Todd's Cycl. Anat. IV. ii. 1415/2 The Weberian organ or corpuscle. 1889Amer. Naturalist May 427 Hypophthalmus possesses an air-bladder connected with the auditory organ by intervention of a Weberian apparatus, formed of parts of the anterior vertebræ. 1889Proc. Roy. Soc. 20 June 309 The Air-bladder and Weberian Ossicles in the Siluridæ. ▪ II. Weberian, a.2|veɪˈbɪərɪən| [f. the name of Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826), German composer + -ian.] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Weber or his music.
1958Listener 28 Aug. 321/3 Many of the typically Weberian passages in dotted notes. 1978Gramophone June 56/2, I hope I have not led you to underestimate the quality of so much of the music—the Weberian horns at the start of No. 1. ▪ III. Weberian, a.3|veɪˈbɪərɪən| [f. the name of Max Weber (1864–1920), German sociologist and political economist + -ian.] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Weber, his philosophy, or his writings.
1959G. D. Mitchell Sociol. 114 The importance of this Weberian analysis is that a system of stratification is seen to depend upon the economic character of society, the way prestige is distributed, and the kind of legal and political institutions it possesses. 1969P. A. Robinson Freudian Left 6, I consider the Weberian ideal of a wertfreien science misguided. 1975Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Aug. 880/5 This account of the transformation of Wolof war-leaders into bureaucrats, bringing Weberian theory to bear, is a new departure. 1979L. Lerner Love & Marriage vi. 231, I shall use ‘sublimation’ essentially in its Weberian meaning. |