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maxwell

/mækswɛl/ proper noun · British & US
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What does maxwell mean?

proper noun

James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician who formulated the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation. Maxwell's equations are a set of four fundamental equations in classical electromagnetism.

Example

"The university is named after James Clerk Maxwell, a renowned physicist of the 19th century."

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