gauss

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gauss - 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]

gauss - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]

gauss - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Gauss
  
     1. <person> Carl Friedrich Gauss.
  
     2. <statistics> Gaussian distribution.
  
     See normal distribution.
  
     3. <unit> 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. <language> A powerful matrix programming language by
     Aptech Systems.  Gauss is very popular with econometricians.
  
     (http://rhkoning.xs4all.nl/gauss/index.htm).
  
     (2003-10-25)