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Unit System: CGS Gaussian Units System
Description: Gaussian units constitute a metric system of physical units. This system is the most common of the several electromagnetic unit systems based on cgs (centimetre–gram–second) units. It is also called the Gaussian unit system, Gaussian-cgs units, or often just cgs units.[1] The term "cgs units" is ambiguous and therefore to be avoided if possible: cgs contains within it several conflicting sets of electromagnetism units, not just Gaussian units.
Units
| Unit | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| ampere | The ampere, often shortened to 'amp', is the SI unit of electric current and is one of the seven SI base units. | SI Base |
| ampere hour | An ampere-hour or amp-hour (symbol: A⋅h or A h; often simplified as Ah) is a unit of electric charge, having dimensions of electric current multiplied by time, equal to the charge transferred by a steady current of one ampere flowing for one hour, or 3,600 coulombs. | SI Derived |
| ampere square meter | Unit of magnetic dipole moment | SI Coherent Derived |
| millicoulomb | unit of electric charge | SI Derived |