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English noun: gauss

1. gauss (quantity) a unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1 maxwell per square centimeter


Broader (hypernym)flux density unit


Part holonymmicrogauss


Part meronymtesla

2. Gauss (person) German mathematician who developed the theory of numbers and who applied mathematics to electricity and magnetism and astronomy and geodesy (1777-1855)


SynonymsKarl Friedrich Gauss, Karl Gauss


Instance hypernymmathematician









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