Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "Gauss" tana nufin naúrar ma'auni don ƙarfin filin maganadisu, mai suna Bajamushe masanin lissafi da physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss. Alamar Gauss ita ce "G", kuma an ayyana ta a matsayin maxwell ɗaya a kowace santimita murabba'i. Hakanan ana amfani da kalmar "Gauss" a fannonin kimiyya daban-daban, kamar lissafi da kididdiga, don yin nuni ga mabambantan ra'ayoyi da suka shafi Gauss ko aikinsa. Misali, rabon Gaussi, wanda aka fi sani da rabawa na yau da kullun, ana kiransa sunan Gauss saboda shi ne ya fara siffanta ta ta hanyar lissafi.