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Gauss  (German) 
  n Karl Friedrich (<PH:k><PH:a><PH:r><PH:l> <PH:'><PH:f><PH:r><PH:i><PH::><PH:d><PH:r><PH:I><PH:ç>). 1777--1855, German mathematician: developed the theory of numbers and applied mathematics to astronomy, electricity and magnetism, and geodesy 
♦  Gaussian  adj 

gauss 
  n pl , gauss the cgs unit of magnetic flux density; the flux density that will induce an emf of 1 abvolt (10--8 volt) per centimetre in a wire moving across the field at a velocity of 1 centimetre per second. 1 gauss is equivalent to 10--4 tesla 
  (after K.F. Gauss) 



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