/ˈmækswɛl/ MAK-swel

Definitions

1. noun

A unit of the electric cgs system equal to the electromagnetic force between two straight current-carrying conductors of infinite length separated by unit distance in a vacuum.

“The device used a maxwell of current to generate a powerful electromagnetic field.”

2. noun

A unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux that, linking a circuit of one turn, would produce in it an electromotive force of one abvolt when the circuit is reduced to unit area.

“The engineer carefully measured the maxwell of magnetic flux in the experimental setup.”

3. noun

A unit of magnetic flux density, equal to one weber per square meter.

“The maxwell of magnetic flux density was calculated using the device’s readings.”

4. noun

A Scottish surname.

“The Maxwell family has lived in Scotland for generations.”

5. proper noun

James Clerk Maxwell, a Scottish mathematician and physicist.

“James Clerk Maxwell’s work on electromagnetism is still studied today.”