A CGS unit of magnetic field strength equivalent in MKS units to 79 577.472 ampere-turns per meter. The unit, used for stating the field strengths of industrial magnets, is almost always spelled with the hyphen
Russ Rowlett (Director), How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement, Center for Mathematics and Science Education University of North Carolina, USA 2005. http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictA.html, (Unit of Meas and Covr Factors - Amer) {608}