GAUSS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gauss mean? 

• GAUSS (noun)
  The noun GAUSS has 2 senses:

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)

  Familiarity information: GAUSS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAUSS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1 maxwell per square centimeter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("gauss" is a kind of...):

flux density unit (a measure of the amount of flux per unit of cross sectional area)

Meronyms (parts of "gauss"):

microgauss (a unit of magnetic flux density equal to one millionth of a gauss)

Holonyms ("gauss" is a part of...):

tesla (a unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter)

Sense 2

Meaning:

German mathematician who developed the theory of numbers and who applied mathematics to electricity and magnetism and astronomy and geodesy (1777-1855)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Gauss; Karl Friedrich Gauss; Karl Gauss

Instance hypernyms:

mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)

Derivation:

Gaussian (of or relating to Karl Gauss or his mathematical theories of magnetics or electricity or astronomy or probability)

 Context examples 

In SI units, one gauss equals 10-4 tesla.

(Gauss, NCI Thesaurus)

A CGS unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicularly intersecting an area of one square centimeter in a region where the magnetic intensity is one gauss and 10E-8 Weber in SI.

(Maxwell, NCI Thesaurus)

MAG data indicates the magnetic field greatly exceeded expectations at 7.766 Gauss, about 10 times stronger than the strongest magnetic field found on Earth.

(First Science Results from NASA’s Juno Mission, NASA)

A CGS unit of magnetic field strength in a dielectric equal to Gauss multiplied by the number inverse to the magnetic permeability, or as the field strength in a vacuum at a distance one centimeter from a unit magnetic pole.

(Oersted, NCI Thesaurus)

One gauss represents a magnetic flux of one maxwell per square centimetre of cross-section perpendicular to the field.

(Gauss, NCI Thesaurus)

A field of one gauss exerts a force on a conductor, placed in the field of 0.1 dyne per ampere of current per centimetre of conductor.

(Gauss, NCI Thesaurus)