Gauss - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Gauss : (noun)
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]

Based on WordNet 2.0

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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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.

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(2003-10-25)

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)