Editing Gaussian units (section)

=== Dimensionally equivalent units ===

A number of the units defined by the table have different names but are in fact dimensionally equivalent – i.e., they have the same expression in terms of the base units cm, g, s. (This is analogous to the distinction in SI between [[newton-metre]] and [[joule]].) The different names help avoid ambiguities and misunderstandings as to what physical quantity is being measured. In particular, {{em|all}} of the following quantities are dimensionally equivalent in Gaussian units, but they are nevertheless given different unit names as follows:<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CQMsK5xW1DcC&pg=PA155 |title=Demystifying Electromagnetic Equations|page=155|access-date=2012-12-25|isbn=9780819442345|last1=Cohen|first1=Douglas L.|year=2001|publisher=SPIE Press }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Dimensionally equivalent units
|-
! scope="col" | Quantity
! scope="col" | Gaussian symbol
! scope="col" | In Gaussian<br />base units
! scope="col" | Gaussian unit<br />of measure
|-
! scope="row" | [[Electric field]]
| {{math|'''E'''{{ssup|G}}}}
| cm<sup>−1/2</sup>⋅g<sup>1/2</sup>⋅s<sup>−1</sup>
| [[statV]]/cm
|-
! scope="row" | [[Electric displacement field]]
| {{math|'''D'''{{ssup|G}}}}
| cm<sup>−1/2</sup>⋅g<sup>1/2</sup>⋅s<sup>−1</sup>
| [[statC]]/cm<sup>2</sup>
|-
! scope="row" | [[Polarization density]]
| {{math|'''P'''{{ssup|G}}}}
| cm<sup>−1/2</sup>⋅g<sup>1/2</sup>⋅s<sup>−1</sup>
| [[statC]]/cm<sup>2</sup>
|-
! scope="row" | [[Magnetic field#The B-field|Magnetic flux density]]
| {{math|'''B'''{{ssup|G}}}}
| cm<sup>−1/2</sup>⋅g<sup>1/2</sup>⋅s<sup>−1</sup>
| [[Gauss (unit)|G]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Magnetic field#The H-field|Magnetizing field]]
| {{math|'''H'''{{ssup|G}}}}
| cm<sup>−1/2</sup>⋅g<sup>1/2</sup>⋅s<sup>−1</sup>
| [[Oersted|Oe]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Magnetization]]
| {{math|'''M'''{{ssup|G}}}}
| cm<sup>−1/2</sup>⋅g<sup>1/2</sup>⋅s<sup>−1</sup>
| [[Dyne|dyn]]/[[Maxwell (unit)|Mx]]
|}