Definition of Maxwell

  • 1. 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 Noun
  • 2. Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879) Noun

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