maxwell

maxwell
/maks"wel, -weuhl/, n. Elect.
the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetic flux, equal to the magnetic flux through one square centimeter normal to a magnetic field of one gauss. Abbr.: Mx
[1895-1900; named after J. C. MAXWELL]

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(as used in expressions)
Anderson James Maxwell
Davies Sir Peter Maxwell
Evarts William Maxwell
Maxwell's equations
Maxwell James Clerk
Maxwell Ian Robert
Maxwell William
Perkins Maxwell Evarts
Roach Maxwell
Taylor Maxwell Davenport
Beaverbrook of Beaverbrook and of Cherkley Maxwell Aitken lst Baron

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