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Maxwell   /mˈækswˌɛl/   Listen
Maxwell

noun
1.
A cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss.  Synonym: Mx.
2.
Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879).  Synonyms: J. C. Maxwell, James Clerk Maxwell.



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"Maxwell" Quotes from Famous Books



... seen at this tavern a great mix of a dozen herds, that looked as like as a potful of peas, separated by an idle loafer sitting on a fence, calling out, "That one's Woodford's, an' that one's Alkire's an' that one's Maxwell's, an' the Polled-Angus muley belongs to Flave Davisson, an' the old-fashioned one is Westfield's. He must have got him in Roane or Nicholas. An' the Durham's Queen's, an' the big Holstein belongs to Mr. Ward, ...
— Dwellers in the Hills • Melville Davisson Post



Words linked to "Maxwell" :   magnetic flux unit, Wb, J. C. Maxwell, weber, physicist, flux unit



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