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NOUN (2)

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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Gauss \Gauss\ (gous), n. [So named after Karl F. Gauss, a German mathematician.] 1. (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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. Karl F. Gauss, a German mathematician. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

Gauss 1. Carl Friedrich Gauss. 2. Gaussian distribution. See normal distribution. 3. The unit of magnetic field strength. 1 gauss = 1 Maxwell / cm^2. A good loudspeaker coil magnet flux density is of the order of 10000 gauss. 4. A powerful matrix programming language by Aptech Systems. Gauss is very popular with econometricians. (http://rhkoning.xs4all.nl/gauss/index.htm). (2003-10-25)