Where does “kilogauss” come from?

kilogauss (English) comes from English Gauss, from German Gauß.

kilogauss (English): A unit of magnetic field equal to 1,000 gauss

Definitions

  1. A unit of magnetic field equal to 1,000 gauss

Ancestry of “kilogauss”, step by step

kilogauss traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Gauss

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGaussmost commonly referring to German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855)
2GermanGauß—

via English kilo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkiloClipping of kilogram
Every word from German Gauß →Every word from English Gauss →