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maxwell
     n 1: 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 [syn: {Mx}]
     2: Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and
        magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of
        light (1831-1879) [syn: {J. C. Maxwell}, {James Clerk
        Maxwell}]