maxwell

Other forms of maxwell

plural

maxwells·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about maxwell

What does maxwell mean?

maxwell means "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". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in maxwell?

maxwell has 2 syllables: max-well. The stress falls on "max". In IPA it is /ˈmækˌswɛl/.

What is another word for maxwell?

Close synonyms include Mx, J. C. Maxwell, James Clerk Maxwell. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is maxwell a common word?

maxwell is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with maxwell?

1 word rhymes with maxwell. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.