HyperDic: gauss

English > 2 senses of the word gauss / Gauss:
NOUNquantitygaussa unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1 maxwell per square centimeter
person Gauss, Karl Gauss, Karl Friedrich GaussGerman mathematician who developed the theory of numbers and who applied mathematics to electricity and magnetism and astronomy and geodesy (1777-1855)
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English > gauss: 2 senses > noun 1, quantity
MeaningA unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1 maxwell per square centimeter.
Part ofteslaA unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter
PartsmicrogaussA unit of magnetic flux density equal to one millionth of a gauss
Broaderflux density unitA measure of the amount of flux per unit of cross sectional area
Spanishgauss, Gauss
Catalangauss, Gauss
English > Gauss: 2 senses > noun 2, person
MeaningGerman mathematician who developed the theory of numbers and who applied mathematics to electricity and magnetism and astronomy and geodesy (1777-1855).
SynonymsKarl Gauss, Karl Friedrich Gauss
Instance ofmathematicianA person skilled in mathematics
SpanishCarl Friedrich Gauss, Gauss, Karl Friedrich Gauss
CatalanCarl Friedrich Gauss, Gauss, Karl Friedrich Gauss
AdjectivesGaussianof or relating to Karl Gauss or his mathematical theories of magnetics or electricity or astronomy or probability

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