Associations to the word «Maxwell»

MAXWELL, proper noun. A Scottish habitational surname​ from Mackeswell near Melrose.

MAXWELL, proper noun. A male given name, transferred from the surname.

MAXWELL, noun. (physics) A unit of magnetic flux that produces one abvolt per turn per second

MAXWELL BRIDGE, noun. A type of Wheatstone bridge used to measure an unknown inductance in terms of calibrated resistance and capacitance, by the principle that the positive phase angle of an inductive impedance can be compensated by the negative phase angle of a capacitive impedance when put in the opposite arm and the circuit is at resonance.

MAXWELL STREET POLISH, noun. (US) A grilled or fried length of Polish sausage topped with grilled onions and mustard, served on a bun.

MAXWELL, noun. 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.

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