1. (

• maxwell ,
• Mx

) 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 ;

2. (

• Maxwell ,
• J._C._Maxwell ,
• James_Clerk_Maxwell

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