noun
- plural of gauss, a unit of magnetic flux density in the CGS system
Usage: physics; technical
Examples
- The magnetic field strength was measured at 500 gausses.
- Earth’s magnetic field is approximately 0.5 gausses at the surface.
- The MRI machine generates thousands of gausses.
- Scientists recorded magnetic fields ranging from 10 to 100 gausses.
- The instrument can detect fields as weak as 0.1 gausses.