Meanings
maxwell1
Maxwell2
- A Scottish habitational surname from Mackeswell near Melrose.
A woman who testified Tuesday in the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell said she met the close confidante of Jeffrey Epstein and the billionaire businessman when she was 14 and eating ice cream with friends at a camp where he was a benefactor.
2021 November 30, Lauren del Valle, Steve Almas, “Woman testifies Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein started sexually abusing her when she was 14”, in CNN, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2022 - Any of various widely known persons so named, such as James Clerk Maxwell.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
A video filmed and shared on the social media site Bluesky by Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost, also a Democrat, shows Hairfield outside the building and several officers from the federal Department of Homeland Security behind the doors, labeled “All Access Entrance.”
2025 February 7, Alex Baumhardt, “Oregon Rep. Bonamici among electeds inexplicably locked out of U.S. Education Department”, in Oregon Capital Chronicle, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2025 - A number of places in the United States:
- A township in Sangamon County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Center Township, Hancock County, Indiana.
- A minor city in Story County, Iowa.
- A village in Lincoln County, Nebraska.
- A village in Colfax County, New Mexico.
- A hamlet in Grey Highlands municipality, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.
- A locality in the Wagga Wagga council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA unit of magnetic flux that produces one abvolt per turn per second.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
maxwell · noun
From James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician.
Full word history & related roots →Maxwell · proper noun
- Old Englishwelle“well”
- EnglishMaxwell
From an earlier form Mackeswell, meaning "Mack's well or spring", from Old English welle (“well”).
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Greek μάξγουελ
- μάξγουελ (máxgouel)Unit
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maxwell. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maxwell
“maxwell.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maxwell. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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