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nounGerman mathematician who developed the theory of numbers and who applied mathematics to electricity and magnetism and astronomy and geodesy (1777-1855)
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nouna unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1 maxwell per square centimetertype of:part of:
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- maxwell a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss
- mx a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss
- gaussian of or relating to Karl Gauss or his mathematical theories of magnetics or electricity or astronomy or probability
- microgauss a unit of magnetic flux density equal to one millionth of a gauss