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GAUSS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Gauss; Karl Friedrich Gauss; Karl Gauss

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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)

Sense 2

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)

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