Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Gauss"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gauss \Gauss\ (gous), n. [So named after Karl F. Gauss, a German
mathematician.] (Elec.)
The C.G.S. unit of density of magnetic field, equal to a
field of one line of force per square centimeter, being thus
adopted as an international unit at Paris in 1900; sometimes
used as a unit of intensity of magnetic field. It was
previously suggested as a unit of magnetomotive force.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gauss
n 1: a unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1 maxwell per
square centimeter
2: German mathematician who developed the theory of numbers and
who applied mathematics to electricity and magnetism and
astronomy and geodesy (1777-1855) [syn: {Gauss}, {Karl
Gauss}, {Karl Friedrich Gauss}]
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