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maxwell

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max·well  (mkswl, -wl)
n. Abbr. Mx
The unit of magnetic flux in the centimeter-gram-second system, equal to the flux perpendicularly intersecting an area of one square centimeter in a region where the magnetic intensity is one gauss.
[After James Clerk Maxwell.]
maxwell
Noun
the cgs unit of magnetic flux [after J. C. Maxwell, physicist]
maxwell  (mkswl, -wl)
The unit of magnetic flux in the centimeter-gram-second system, equal to the flux perpendicularly intersecting an area of one square centimeter in a region where the magnetic intensity is one gauss.
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Noun1.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
flux unit, magnetic flux unit - a measure of the strength of a magnetic field per unit area
Wb, weber - a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells
2.maxwellMaxwell - Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879)
J. C. Maxwell, James Clerk Maxwell
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With a snappy "Good-morning, Pitcher," Maxwell dashed at his desk as though he were intending to leap over it, and then plunged into the great heap of letters and telegrams waiting there for him.
The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context
It was rumored that Miss Maxwell "wrote," which word, when uttered in a certain tone, was understood to mean not that a person had command of penmanship, Spencerian or otherwise, but that she had appeared in print.
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context
At this, night after night, sometimes far into the morning, Rutherford Maxwell would sit and write stories.
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
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