(n)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
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. ]