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gauss (go̵us)

noun pl. gauss or gausses gauss′·es

the basic unit of magnetic flux density in the CGS system, equal to one line of magnetic flux per square centimeter or one maxwell per square centimeter (0.0001 tesla): abbrev. G

Etymology: after C. F. Gauss (1777-1855), Ger mathematician & astronomer

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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