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maxwell

max·well [ máks wèl, mákswəl ] (plural max·wells)


noun 
Definition:
 
unit of magnetic flux: the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetic flux, equal to the flux over one square centimeter perpendicular to a magnetic field of one gauss.
Symbol  Mx


[Late 19th century. After James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scottish physicist]
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