maxwell

¹

[maks-wel, -wuhl]

noun

Electricity.

1. the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetic flux, equal to the magnetic flux through one square centimeter normal to a magnetic field of one gauss. Mx

Maxwell

²

[maks-wel, -wuhl]

noun

1. Elsa, 1883–1963, U.S. professional hostess and author.

2. James Clerk 1831–79, Scottish physicist.

3. a male given name.

Maxwell

¹

/ ˈmækswəl /

noun

1. James Clerk. 1831–79, Scottish physicist. He made major contributions to the electromagnetic theory, developing the equations ( Maxwell equations ) upon which classical theory is based. He also contributed to the kinetic theory of gases, and colour vision

2. ( Ian ) Robert , original name Robert Hoch. 1923–91, British publisher, born in Slovakia: founder (1949) of Pergamon Press; chairman of Mirror Group Newspapers Ltd. (1984–91); theft from his employees' pension funds and other frauds discovered after his death led to the collapse of his business

maxwell

²

/ ˈmækswəl /

noun

1. Mx. the cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux through one square centimetre normal to a field of one gauss. It is equivalent to 10 ^–8 weber

Maxwell

¹

1. Scottish physicist who developed four laws of electromagnetism showing that light is composed of electromagnetic waves. He also investigated heat and the kinetic theory of gases, and he experimented with color vision, producing the first color photograph in 1861.

maxwell

²

1. The unit of magnetic flux in the centimeter-gram-second system, equal to the flux perpendicularly intersecting an area of one square centimeter in a region where the magnetic intensity is one gauss.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Maxwell¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; named after J. C. Maxwell

Word History and Origins

Origin of Maxwell¹

C20: named after James Clerk _Maxwell

Example Sentences

Ms Giuffre later writes that even decades later, she remembers how much she feared both Epstein and Maxwell.

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Ms Giuffre goes into detail about how she first met Maxwell, and how she introduced her to Epstein.

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She says Maxwell turned up at the Mar-a-Lago spa, where a teenage Ms Giuffre was working.

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She says Maxwell asked her to come for a job interview as a masseuse.

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"Just do what I do," she says Maxwell told her.

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