GAUSSIAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Of or relating to Karl Gauss or his mathematical theories of magnetics or electricity or astronomy or probability

Example:

Gaussian distribution

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Gauss (German mathematician who developed the theory of numbers and who applied mathematics to electricity and magnetism and astronomy and geodesy (1777-1855))

Derivation:

Gauss (German 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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