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JAMES CLERK MAXWELL
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• JAMES CLERK MAXWELL (noun)
The noun JAMES CLERK MAXWELL has 1 sense:
1. Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879)
Familiarity information: JAMES CLERK MAXWELL used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
J. C. Maxwell; James Clerk Maxwell; Maxwell
Instance hypernyms:
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)
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