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gauss
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gauss \Gauss\ (gous), n. [So named after Karl F. Gauss, a German
mathematician.]
1. (Elec.) The C.G.S. unit of density of magnetic field,
equal to a field of one line of force per square
centimeter, being thus adopted as an international unit at
Paris in 1900; sometimes used as a unit of intensity of
magnetic field. It was previously suggested as a unit of
magnetomotive force.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. Karl F. Gauss, a German mathematician.
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