noun
- a unit of magnetic flux density in the centimeter-gram-second system
Usage: physics; technical
Examples
- The magnetic field strength was measured at 500 gauss.
- Earth’s magnetic field is approximately 0.5 gauss at the surface.
- The MRI machine produces a magnetic field of several thousand gauss.
- Scientists use gauss to measure the strength of magnetic fields.
- The gauss is named after German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss.