James Clerk Maxwell

Definitions of James Clerk Maxwell
  1. noun
    Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879)
    synonyms: J. C. Maxwell, Maxwell
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    a scientist trained in physics
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