gauss

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  • Noun:
    a unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1 maxwell per square centimeter

Word Origin

gauss
C.G.S. unit of intensity of a magnetic field, 1882, named for German mathematician Karl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855). Related: Gaussage; gaussian.

Example

1. In science , I 'm grammes , gauss , giga - even conductance and acceleration .
2. Swimsuits often remind me of carl friedrich gauss , a superb nineteenth-century mathematician who really understood a curved surface .
3. Carl friedrich gauss , the mathematician famous for the normal or gaussian distribution that most students know as the bell curve .
4. To maintain a sunspot the magnetic field threading through the surface needs to be at least 1 500 gauss .
5. Gauss actually did work in astronomy himself , along with numerous other fields , yet apparently none other compared to number theory in his regard .

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