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n. the process of making a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. ]

2. Karl F. Gauss, a German mathematician. [ PJC ]

‖n. (Elec.) The intensity of a magnetic field expressed in C.G.S. units, or gausses. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. adj. of or pertaining to Gauss{ 2 }; as, a Gaussian distribution. [ WordNet 1.5 ]