maxwell

Nouns

  • (n) 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 Mx,
  • (n) Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879) James Clerk Maxwell, J. C. Maxwell,

Synonyms

Mx James Clerk Maxwell J. C. Maxwell

Words of close approximity

Maxwell Anderson Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution law Maxwell's demon Maxwell's equations