Found 2 items, similar to gauss.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: gauss 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: Karl Gauss, Karl Friedrich Gauss ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Gauss 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]