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English noun: maxwell | |||
| 1. | maxwell (quantity) 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 | Mx | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flux unit, magnetic flux unit | ||
| Part meronym | Wb, weber | ||
| 2. | Maxwell (person) 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 | ||
| Instance hypernym | physicist | ||
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