Etymology

maxwell

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Today it means: A unit of magnetic flux that produces one abvolt per turn per second. Full definition →

Old English welle
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maxwell · noun1

From James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician.

Maxwell · proper noun2

  1. Old English · inherited fromwelle“well”
  2. English todayMaxwell

From an earlier form Mackeswell, meaning "Mack's well or spring", from Old English welle (“well”).

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