Gauss /(gous)/

Gauss

n.
  1. 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. (Elec.)
  2. Karl F. Gauss, a German mathematician.