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MAXWELL

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Maxwell mean?

• MAXWELL (noun)
The noun MAXWELL has 2 senses:

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
2. Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879)

Familiarity information: MAXWELL used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MAXWELL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

maxwell; Mx

Hypernyms ("maxwell" is a kind of...):

flux unit; magnetic flux unit (a measure of the strength of a magnetic field per unit area)

Holonyms ("maxwell" is a part of...):

Wb; weber (a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

J. C. Maxwell; James Clerk Maxwell; Maxwell

Instance hypernyms:

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)

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