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GAUSS
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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:
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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