MAXWELL as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879)
   Synonym(s)
   • J. C. Maxwell (what does J. C. Maxwell mean?)
   • James Clerk Maxwell (what does James Clerk Maxwell mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Maxwell is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • physicist (what does physicist mean?)
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
   Synonym(s)
   • Mx (what does Mx mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) maxwell is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • flux unit (what does flux unit mean?)
   • magnetic flux unit (what does magnetic flux unit mean?)