Apr 2020
Gauss |gaʊs| (abbrev.: G)
noun (pl.same or gausses)
a unit of magnetic induction, equal to one ten-thousandth of a tesla.
ORIGIN late 19th cent.: named after Karl Gauss (see Gauss, Karl Friedrich) .
Gauss, Karl Friedrich |gaʊs|
(1777–1855), German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. Gauss laid the foundations of number theory, and applied rigorous mathematical analysis to geometry, geodesy, electrostatics, and electromagnetism.
noun (pl.same or gausses)
a unit of magnetic induction, equal to one ten-thousandth of a tesla.
ORIGIN late 19th cent.: named after Karl Gauss (see Gauss, Karl Friedrich) .
Gauss, Karl Friedrich |gaʊs|
(1777–1855), German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. Gauss laid the foundations of number theory, and applied rigorous mathematical analysis to geometry, geodesy, electrostatics, and electromagnetism.
