maxwell

Speech parts

1. maxwell - Noun

2. Maxwell - Proper noun

Meaning

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

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

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Goats," said Maxwell Hyde, "are a special case. Mad as hatters, all of them. Diana Wynne Jones

It's of no use whatsoever. This is just an experiment that proves Maestro Maxwell was right-we just have these mysterious electromagnetic waves that we cannot see with the naked eye. But they are there. Heinrich Hertz

Maxwell is serious, dedicated, awkward, forgetful, pompous to a certain degree, sentimental. Don Adams

Actually, my favourite roles have been in theatre, but on TV, my faves were Slap Maxwell and Larry Sanders. Megan Gallagher

The most evil person I ever met was a toss-up between Pablo Picasso and the publisher-crook Robert Maxwell. Paul Johnson

Here's to new blood." -Jagger Maxwell. Ellen Schreiber

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