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Gauss   /gaʊs/   Listen
Gauss

noun
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).  Synonyms: Karl Friedrich Gauss, Karl Gauss.



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... electro-magnetic telegraph was claimed by Gauss and Weber in Germany. The first telegraph actually constructed and used was set up at Goettingen. Among those who witnessed it was young Bismarck, who had already achieved a reputation as a duellist among the students ...
— A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year - Volume Two (of Three) • Edwin Emerson


Words linked to "Gauss" :   mathematician, Karl Friedrich Gauss, flux density unit, Karl Gauss, Gaussian, tesla


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