Gauss : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Gauss	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Gauss
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gauss n a unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1 maxwell per square centimeter German mathematician who developed the theory of numbers and who applied mathematics to electricity and magnetism and astronomy and geodesy (1777-1855) Synonym(s): Gauss, Karl Gauss, Karl Friedrich Gauss
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gauss \Gauss\ (gous), n. [So named after Karl F. Gauss, a German mathematician.] (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.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Gauss 1. {Carl Friedrich Gauss}. 2. Gaussian distribution. See {normal distribution}. 3. The unit of magnetic field strength. 1 gauss = 1 Maxwell / cm^2. A good loudspeaker coil magnet flux density is of the order of 10000 gauss. 4. A powerful {matrix} programming language by {Aptech Systems}. Gauss is very popular with econometricians. {(http://rhkoning.xs4all.nl/gauss/index.htm)}. (2003-10-25)