Definition of Kilogauss

1. Noun. (physics) A unit of magnetic field equal to 1,000 gauss ¹

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Definition of Kilogauss

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Kilogauss

kilobytes
kilocal
kilocalorie
kilocalories
kilocals
kilocurie
kilocuries
kilocycle
kilocycle per second
kilocycles
kilodalton
kilodaltons
kiloelectronvolt
kilogallon
kilogallons
kilogauss (current term)
kilogausses
kilogram
kilogram-meter
kilogram-meters
kilogram-metre
kilogram calorie
kilogram calories
kilogramme
kilogrammes
kilograms
kilogray
kilograys
kilohertz
kilohertzes

Literary usage of Kilogauss

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Henley's Twentieth Century Forrmulas, Recipes and Processes: Containing Ten by Gardner Dexter Hiscox (1914)
"Alloy I showed magnetic strengths up to 4.5 kilogauss, while the highest magnetization obtained with alloy II was only 1.9 kilo- gauss. ..."

2. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"For a field of 3° kilogauss and the axis parallel to the field the increase in resistance is about 80%. OAR Alcoholysis of salts. H. GOLDSCHMIDT. ..."

3. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1900)
"The practical units will then generally be the kilogauss and the mega-maxwell. All the other propositions of the INSTITUTE were withdrawn in committee when ..."

4. Outlines of the Evolution of Weights and Measures and the Metric System by William Hallock, Herbert Treadwell Wade (1906)
"The name kilogauss is also employed to denote a thousand times the unit. Other propositions have been made for names for the CGS magnetic units, ..."

5. Outlines of the Evolution of Weights and Measures and the Metric System by William Hallock, Herbert Treadwell Wade (1906)
"The name kilogauss is also employed to denote a thousand times the unit. Other propositions have been made for names for the •CGS magnetic units, ..."

6. Ready Reference Tables: Volume I. Conversion Factors of Every Unit Or by Carl Hering (1904)
"0-0000000 1 kilogauss =1 000. gausses 3-000 0000 The relations to other measures are as follows: Gausses = maxwells -s-sq. centimeters. ..."

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