American Shani Davis celebrates after defending his Olympic title in the men's 1,000-meter speedskating. Jamie Squire/Getty Images When he won this race four years ago, Davis became the first African-American athlete to win an individual gold at the Winter Games.
What is Gauss? Gauss is a unit of measurement used to describe both the coercivity of a magnet and its saturation magnetization. Basically, it describes how strong the magnetic fields are extending from the magnet and how strong of a magnetic field it would take to de-magnetize the magnet. The name comes from the mathematician physicist Carl Freidrich Gauss.
(gÄt) n. 1. A particular way or manner of moving on foot: a person who ran with a clumsy, hobbling gait. 2. Any of the ways, such as a canter, trot, or walk, by which a horse can move by lifting the feet in different order or rhythm. 3. Rate or manner of proceeding: The project went forward at a steady gait.