the basic unit of magnetic flux in the CGS system, equal to the flux through one square centimeter perpendicular to a magnetic field with an intensity of one gauss: one maxwell equals 10 weber: abbrev. Mx
Maxwell,
James Clerk 1831-79; Scot. physicist
See maxwell in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(măksˈwĕlˌ, -wəl)
noun Abbr. Mx
The unit of magnetic flux in the centimeter-gram-second system, equal to the flux perpendicularly intersecting an area of one square centimeter in a region where the magnetic intensity is one gauss.
(măksˈwĕlˌ, -wəl), James Clerk 1831-1879.
British physicist who made fundamental contributions to electromagnetic theory and the kinetic theory of gases.