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GAUSSIAN
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I. (adjective)
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Meaning:
Of or relating to Karl Gauss or his mathematical theories of magnetics or electricity or astronomy or probability
Example:
Gaussian distribution
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Gauss (German mathematician who developed the theory of numbers and who applied mathematics to electricity and magnetism and astronomy and geodesy (1777-1855))
Derivation:
Gauss (German mathematician who developed the theory of numbers and who applied mathematics to electricity and magnetism and astronomy and geodesy (1777-1855))