What is the meaning of Maxwell?

noun

  • 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.
    • synonyms: Mx
  • Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879. ).
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