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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Gauss

/(gous)/ · IPA /ɡaʊs/
01 n. 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 interna…
  1. 1.
    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.(Elec.)
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    Karl F. Gauss, a German mathematician.