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maxwell
CIDE DICTIONARY
maxwell, n.
A cgs unit of magnetic flux, abbreviated Mx; it is equal to the magnetic flux passing through one sqaure centimeter which is normal to a magnetic field of one gauss. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
maxwell, n. a unit of magnetic flux in the c.g.s. system, equal to that induced through one square centimetre by a perpendicular magnetic field of one gauss.
Etymology
J. C. Maxwell, Brit. physicist d. 1879
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