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MAXWELL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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; Maxwell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)

Sense 2

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

Synonyms:

maxwell; Mx

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

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)

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