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KARL GAUSS

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• KARL GAUSS (noun)
The noun KARL GAUSS has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: KARL GAUSS used as a noun is very rare.

• KARL GAUSS (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Karl Friedrich Gauss; Karl Gauss; Gauss

Instance hypernyms:

mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)

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