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Maxwellian

Maxwellian adjective: of or pertaining to James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scottish theoretical physicist and mathematician who made important contributions to electromagnetic theory.

Adjective

Maxwellian (comparative more Maxwellian, superlative most Maxwellian)

  1. Of or pertaining to James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scottish theoretical physicist and mathematician who made important contributions to electromagnetic theory.
  2. Obeying Maxwell statistics.
    • a Maxwellian distribution

Noun

Maxwellian (plural Maxwellians)

  1. A supporter of James Clerk Maxwell.

Forms of Maxwellian

Adjective
comparativemore Maxwellian
superlativemost Maxwellian
Noun
pluralMaxwellians

Origin of Maxwellian

From Maxwell + -ian.

Questions about Maxwellian

What does Maxwellian mean?
Maxwellian means of or pertaining to James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scottish theoretical physicist and mathematician who made important contributions to electromagnetic theory.
What part of speech is Maxwellian?
Maxwellian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Maxwellian in the dictionary

  1. Maxwell's otter
  2. Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
  3. Maxwell-Boltzmann distributions
  4. Maxwell-Wien bridge
  5. Maxwell-Wien bridges
  6. Maxwellian
  7. Maxwellians
  8. Maxwellisation
  9. maxwellite
  10. Maxwellization
  11. maxwells

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