HyperDic: james_clerk_maxwell

English > 1 sense of the expression James Clerk Maxwell:
NOUNperson James Clerk Maxwell, Maxwell, J. C. MaxwellScottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879)
English > James Clerk Maxwell: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningScottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879).
SynonymsMaxwell, J. C. Maxwell
Instance ofphysicistA scientist trained in physics
SpanishJames Clerk Maxwell, Maxwell
CatalanJames Clerk Maxwell, Maxwell

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