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ˈmæks wɛl, -wəlmax·well

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. maxwell, Mxnoun

    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 Maxwellnoun

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

GCIDE

  1. maxwellnoun

    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.

Wiktionary

  1. Maxwellnoun

    from Mackeswell near Melrose.

  2. maxwellnoun

    A unit of magnetic flux that produces one abvolt per turn per second

  3. Maxwellnoun

    A Scottish habitational surname from Mackeswell near Melrose.

  4. Maxwellnoun

    A male given name transferred from the surname.

  5. Etymology: From James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician

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  1. maxwell

    A Maxwell is a unit of magnetic flux in the centimetre-gram-second (CGS) system of units. It is named after James Clerk Maxwell, a Scottish physicist known for his fundamental work in electromagnetism. A Maxwell is equal to the flux that produces one abvolt by changing at the rate of one unit of frequency per second.

Wikidata

  1. Maxwell

    Gerald Maxwell Rivera, known as Maxwell is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist. His music spans R&B, funk and soul, but he is best known as one of the exemplars of the subgenre neo-soul movement of the latter 1990s. After a hugely successful debut album Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite, he released Embrya, Now and a live album MTV Unplugged. After an 8-year hiatus, he returned with the platinum-selling BLACKsummers'night, the first of a trilogy. He has received 12 Grammy nominations with two wins.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. MAXWELL

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Maxwell is ranked #490 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Maxwell surname appeared 67,961 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 23 would have the surname Maxwell.

    73.2% or 49,761 total occurrences were White.
    20.6% or 14,020 total occurrences were Black.
    2.7% or 1,862 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.1% or 1,468 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.6% or 435 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.6% or 415 total occurrences were Asian.

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    Rank popularity for the word 'Maxwell' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4198

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Maxwell in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Maxwell in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Maxwell in a Sentence

  1. Anthony Figueroa:

    And then she told me about how, like I said, her and Ms. Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein were all intimate together on multiple occasions.

  2. Washington County:

    In the flash flooding two occupied vehicles were hit by a large wall of water and debris at the Canyon Street Maxwell Crossing and were carried into the flood.

  3. Buckingham Palace:

    CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP The court papers also include a photograph that has been in circulation since 2015 showing Andrew with his arm around Giuffres bare waist in London in 2001. Giuffre said she was 17 at the time the photo was taken. Photo from 2001 that was included in court files released last week shows Prince Andrew with his arm around the waist of 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre who says Jeffrey Epstein paid her to have sex with the prince. Andrew has denied the charges. In the background is Epstein's girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell. (U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals) Buckingham Palace has previously denied allegationsthe prince had sex with Giuffre, and told The Sun that Andrew was not a party to the U.S. proceedings in which his name had appeared and denied any illegality had occurred. Any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors is categorically untrue.

  4. Ruben Gallego:

    We know that polling is really tight, but we also know that Maxwell has got a lot of momentum on his side, you gotta remember [Frost] started with zero name ID, and now the last polling has him all tied.

  5. Marc Fernich:

    All these actors appear to bear some responsibility for this calamity. All seem to have a share of Mr. Epsteins blood on their hands. All should be ashamed of their behavior, i call for a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding Mr. Epsteins death. The public needs to know exactly what happened and why and how his custodians could have let it occur. Epsteinsdeath comes two weeks after the 66-year-old was placed on suicide watch after he was found nearly unconscious in his cell with injuries to his neck.At the time, it was not clear whether the injuries were self-inflicted or from an assault. He had been taken off suicide watch before he killed himself, a person familiar with the matter told the AP.It wasnt immediately clear when he was taken off suicide watch. Jeffrey Epstein DEAD : TIMELINE OF SEXUAL ABUSE ALLEGATIONS AND RELATED LEGAL CASES Epstein was arrested on July 6 over the alleged sexual abuse of dozens of young girls in his Upper East Side townhouse and his waterfront mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, between 2002 and 2005 Epstein allegedly created and maintained a vast network and operation from 2002 up to and including at least 2005 that enabled him to sexually exploit and abuse dozens of underage girls in addition to paying victims to recruit other girls. Prosecutors said that victims would be escorted to a room with a massage table where they would perform massages on Epstein. At the time of Epsteins arrest, prosecutors said they found a trove of pictures of nude and seminude young women and girls at his $ 77 million Manhattan Hospital mansion. They also say additional victims have come forward since the arrest. He had pleaded not guilty and faced up to 45 years in prison if convicted. Jeffrey Epstein EPSTEINS ALLEGED SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIM NAMED Bill Richardson, GEORGE MITCHELL IN NEWLY RELEASED DOCUMENTS Bill Richardson deathalso comes a day after thousands of documents were unsealed Friday in connection with a defamation case against Bill Richardson alleged recruiter that revealed dozens of high-profile names including former Maine Sen. George Mitchell, ex-New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and Prince Andrew, Duke of York. Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who has long claimed Epstein forced her to have sex with powerful men, claimed in the lawsuit that Epstein and Virginia Roberts Giuffre associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, kept Ghislaine Maxwell as a.

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