Gauss

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gauss \Gauss\ (gous), n. [So named after Karl F. Gauss, a German
     mathematician.]
     1. (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.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. Karl F. Gauss, a German mathematician.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gauss
       n 1: a unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1 maxwell per
            square centimeter
       2: German mathematician who developed the theory of numbers and
          who applied mathematics to electricity and magnetism and
          astronomy and geodesy (1777-1855) [syn: {Karl Gauss}, {Karl
          Friedrich Gauss}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [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
          10 000 gauss.
       
          (1995-03-18)