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gauss

gauss
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [gous]
    • /gaʊs/
    • /gaʊs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [gous]
    • /gaʊs/

Definitions of gauss word

  • noun gauss Karl Friedrich [kahrl free-drikh] /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1777–1855, German mathematician and astronomer. 1
  • noun gauss A unit of magnetic induction, equal to one ten-thousandth of a tesla. 1
  • noun Technical meaning of gauss 1.   (person)   Carl Friedrich Gauss. 2.   (statistics)   Gaussian distribution. See normal distribution. 3.   (unit)   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.   (language)   A powerful matrix programming language by Aptech Systems. Gauss is very popular with econometricians. 1
  • noun gauss Karl Friedrich (karl ˈfriːdrɪç). 1777–1855, German mathematician: developed the theory of numbers and applied mathematics to astronomy, electricity and magnetism, and geodesy 0
  • noun 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 0
  • noun gauss the basic unit of magnetic flux density in the CGS system, equal to one line of magnetic flux per square centimeter or one maxwell per square centimeter (0.0001 tesla) 0

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Origin of gauss

First appearance:

before 1880
One of the 23% newest English words
First recorded in 1880-85; named after K. F. Gauss

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Parts of speech for Gauss

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gauss popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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