Associations to the word «Gauss»

Wiktionary

GAUSS, noun. The unit of magnetic field strength in CGS systems of units, equal to 0.0001 tesla.
GAUSS GUN, noun. A coilgun.
GAUSS GUNS, noun. Plural of Gauss gun

Dictionary definition

GAUSS, noun. A unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1 maxwell per square centimeter.
GAUSS, noun. German mathematician who developed the theory of numbers and who applied mathematics to electricity and magnetism and astronomy and geodesy (1777-1855).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats