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Where does “Gauss” come from?

Gauss, the English name for the unit of magnetic induction, derives from German Gauß, the surname of physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss.

Ancestry of “Gauss”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGauß—

Words derived from “Gauss”

  • Gaussian
  • Gaussianity
  • gaussoid
  • microGauss
  • non-Gaussian
  • sub-Gaussian
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