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maxwell

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun maxwell has 2 senses

maxwell(n = noun.quantity) mx - 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; Array

is a kind of flux unit, magnetic flux unit

is a part of wb, weber

maxwell(n = noun.person) j. c. maxwell, james clerk maxwell - Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879); Array

is a kind of physicist

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maxwell, n.

A cgs unit of magnetic flux, abbreviated Mx; it is equal to the magnetic flux passing through one sqaure centimeter which is normal to a magnetic field of one gauss. [WordNet 1.5]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

maxwell, n. a unit of magnetic flux in the c.g.s. system, equal to that induced through one square centimetre by a perpendicular magnetic field of one gauss.

Etymology

J. C. Maxwell, Brit. physicist d. 1879

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