Meaning

1 senses
  1. A unit of magnetic flux that produces one abvolt per turn per second.

    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

Origin

From James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician.

From James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician.

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Forms

plural: maxwells
Singularmaxwell
Pluralmaxwells

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Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879):J. C. MaxwellJames Clerk Maxwell
  • 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

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