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Definitions: Maxwell |
MaxwellNoun1. 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. Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Maxwell" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a stream of Maccus". |
Date "maxwell" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
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Meteorology & Standards | Unit of magnetic flux density. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | The cgs (centimeter-gram-second) unit of magnetic flux. One maxwell = 10 -8 Wb, or the flux through 1 cm2 normal to a field ofmagnetic induction of 1 Gs. (references) |
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The compound derived CGS unit, the maxwell, abbreviated as Mx, is the unit for the magnetic flux. The unit was previously called a line. The unit name honors James Clerk Maxwell, who presented the unified theory of electromagnetism.
Maxwell can also refer to:
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The Maxwell was a brand of automobiles manufactured in the United States of America from about 1903 to 1925.The brand name of motor cars was started as the Maxwell-Briscoe Company of Tarrytown, New York. The company was named after founders Jonathon Dixon Maxwell, who earlier had worked for Oldsmobile, and the Briscoe Brothers Metalworks.
In 1913 the company moved to Detroit, Michigan and became the Maxwell Motor Co. Some of the Maxwells were also manufactured at a plant in Dayton, Ohio. The company was a profitable company in the 1910s, but overextended and wound up deeply in debt with over half of their production unsold in the post World War I resession in 1920. The following year, Walter P. Chrysler of arranged to take a controlling interest in Maxwell. Maxwell Motors is re-incorprorated in West Virginia with Walter Chrysler as the chairman.
In 1925 Walter Chrysler formed the Chrysler Motors Corporation. That same year the Maxwell line was phased out and the Maxwell company assetts absorbed by Chrysler. Several early models of Chrysler cars were built largely on the design of earlier Maxwells.
The Maxwell is perhaps most famous as the vehicle driven by comedian Jack Benny on his radio and television programs, decades after the Maxwell ceased production. It was a running joke on the programs that Benny was a miser driving an outdated, noisy, barely-functioning jalopy. On Benny's radio program voice artist Mel Blanc portrayed Benny's Maxwell sputtering, chugging, and gasping with various comic vocal sound effects. (Contrary to the portrayal on Benny's show, the Maxwells were rated as fairly good automobiles in their time.)
See also: List of automobiles
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Maxwell, Iowa
Geography
Maxwell is located at 41°53'25" North, 93°23'52" West (41.890232, -93.397657)1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.0 km² (1.1 mi²). 3.0 km² (1.1 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 807 people, 312 households, and 228 families residing in the city. The population density is 270.9/km² (703.9/mi²). There are 333 housing units at an average density of 111.8/km² (290.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 98.76% White, 0.00% African American, 0.25% Native American, 0.50% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.50% from two or more races. 0.25% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 312 households out of which 37.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.3% are married couples living together, 10.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 26.9% are non-families. 24.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 13.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.59 and the average family size is 3.09.
In the city the population is spread out with 29.2% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 21.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 102.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 87.8 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $43,125, and the median income for a family is $49,821. Males have a median income of $35,114 versus $24,931 for females. The per capita income for the city is $19,069. 3.9% of the population and 2.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 2.6% are under the age of 18 and 4.6% are 65 or older.Maxwell, Nebraska
Geography
Maxwell is located at 41°4'40" North, 100°31'34" West (41.077761, -100.526066)1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.9 km² (0.3 mi²). 0.9 km² (0.3 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 315 people, 116 households, and 87 families residing in the village. The population density is 357.7/km² (933.5/mi²). There are 131 housing units at an average density of 148.8/km² (388.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 97.78% White, 0.63% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 1.59% from two or more races. 2.86% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 116 households out of which 43.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.3% are married couples living together, 8.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 25.0% are non-families. 21.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.72 and the average family size is 3.22.
In the village the population is spread out with 32.7% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 32 years. For every 100 females there are 107.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 100.0 males.
The median income for a household in the village is $35,625, and the median income for a family is $45,469. Males have a median income of $39,500 versus $23,750 for females. The per capita income for the village is $13,911. 13.1% of the population and 12.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 13.4% are under the age of 18 and 4.7% are 65 or older.Maxwell, New Mexico
Geography
Maxwell is located at 36°32'22" North, 104°32'33" West (36.539487, -104.542630)1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.2 km² (0.5 mi²). 1.2 km² (0.5 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 274 people, 117 households, and 76 families residing in the village. The population density is 225.1/km² (577.5/mi²). There are 148 housing units at an average density of 121.6/km² (311.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 86.50% White, 0.00% African American, 4.01% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 7.30% from other races, and 2.19% from two or more races. 55.47% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 117 households out of which 29.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.3% are married couples living together, 11.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 34.2% are non-families. 29.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 14.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.34 and the average family size is 2.91.
In the village the population is spread out with 25.2% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 24.5% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 19.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 41 years. For every 100 females there are 101.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 86.4 males.
The median income for a household in the village is $23,750, and the median income for a family is $28,750. Males have a median income of $22,083 versus $20,625 for females. The per capita income for the village is $11,231. 21.9% of the population and 22.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 24.6% are under the age of 18 and 8.0% are 65 or older.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Maxwell."
Synonyms: MaxwellSynonyms: J. C. Maxwell (n), James Clerk Maxwell (n), Mx (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Maxwell |
| English words defined with "maxwell": Conservation of energy, Conservation of force ♦ gauss ♦ J. C. Maxwell, James Clerk Maxwell ♦ Maxwell Anderson ♦ William Maxwell Aitken. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "maxwell": well-moderated. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Maxwell" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Hungarian (Maxwell). |
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Screenplays | Stick a fork in us, Maxwell, we're done. (Roswell; writing credit: Ronald D. Moore; Gretchen J. Berg) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Maxwell Demon (1946) Meet Maxwell Archer (1942) The Lisa Maxwell Show (1991) At Maxwell Street (1984) | |
Song Titles | This Woman's Work (performing artist: Maxwell) Song of the Nairobi Trio (Solfeggio) (performing artist: His Harp and Orchestra Robert Maxwell) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | [Rudy G. Bradley with Lt. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Anna Caroline Maxwell.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Civilian and Navy personnel at work in an office in the Main Navy or Munitions Building, April 1919 (note calendar on pillar at right). Two desks (to the left) have name tags, for Miss Maxwell and Miss Foreman.Credit: NAVY. |  | At sea, 21 October 1962. Photographed by PH3 W.C. Maxwell, of USS Ranger (CVA-61).Credit: NAVY. |
 | Gee Tee Maxwell.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor inspecting the facilities of the Army Education Center at McNair Barracks, Berlin military post, accompanied by Irving H. Krakusin, Col. Maurice W. Daniels, and Capt. E.A. Moorer] / U.S. Army p.Credit: Library of Congress; photo by Cpl. John E. Tomer.. |
 | Residence of Gen. Maxwell Van Zandt Woodhull, 21st and G Streets, Washington, D.C.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | President John F. Kennedy (right) discusses conflict in South Vietnam with Robert McNamara (center) and Gen. Maxwell Taylor.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Maxwell School of Citizenship, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. Library I.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Portrait of Elsa Maxwell, on the Conte de Savoia.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Hyman Maxwell Berston | Etiquette is getting sleepy in company and not showing it. |
Maxwell Anderson | This liberty will look easy by and by when nobody dies to get it. |
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Human Rights | Belize | In spite of the workers' status, and contrary to the law, Minister of Immigration Maxwell Samuels issued deportation orders. (references) |
Uganda | For example, on June 24, Edward Kamana Wesonga, M.P. for Bubulo West, reportedly shot at random to disperse a crowd and killed Sergeant Maxwell Wasswa, a bodyguard of his election opponent, after supporters of the two men clashed following an argument in Bukiga sub-county, Manjiya County. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Maxwell" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 98.69% of the time. "Maxwell" is used about 995 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 98.69% | 982 | 7,460 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.6% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.5% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.2% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 995 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "maxwell" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Maxwell | First name Male | 10,000 | 695 |
| Maxwell | Last name | 28,000 | 404 |
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Netherlands | De Maxwell Petroleum Holding N.V. | USA | Maxwell Shoe Company Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Maxwell, CA 2. Maxwell, IA (city, FIPS 50520) 3. Maxwell, NE (village, FIPS 31220) 4. Maxwell, NM (village, FIPS 47080) 5. Maxwell, TX |
Expressions using "maxwell": J. C. Maxwell ♦ James Clerk Maxwell ♦ Maxwell A F B ♦ Maxwell Anderson ♦ William Maxwell Aitken. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "maxwell": Maxwell-bloch, Maxwell-Boltzmann, Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution law, maxwell-controlled, Maxwell-fyfe, Maxwell-hudson, Maxwell-hyslop, maxwell-owned, Maxwell-smith, maxwell-style, maxwell-type. | |
Ending with "maxwell": anti-maxwell, Einstein-maxwell, Gorbachev-maxwell. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
maxwell | 1,568 | sweet and maxwell | 26 |
john maxwell | 212 | maxwell singer | 25 |
maxwell caulfield | 139 | maxwell picture | 25 |
duo maxwell | 134 | maxwell model | 25 |
maxwell afb | 130 | maxwell house hotel | 24 |
maxwell lyrics | 97 | james maxwell | 23 |
maxwell air force base | 86 | maxwell model teen | 23 |
maxwell house | 79 | the maxwell hotel san francisco | 23 |
john c maxwell | 77 | maxwell robert | 22 |
maxwell house coffee | 66 | de ecuaciones maxwell | 20 |
maxwell ford | 49 | millennium maxwell house | 20 |
afb al montgomery maxwell | 49 | jordan maxwell | 20 |
lyrics maxwell this womans work | 39 | duo maxwell picture | 19 |
clerk james maxwell | 38 | duo gundam maxwell wing | 18 |
maxwell son | 38 | maxwell technology | 17 |
maxwell smart | 37 | maxwell model preteen | 17 |
maxwell realty | 36 | 100 maxwell top | 17 |
maxwell musician | 35 | maxwell maltz | 17 |
maxwell hotel | 29 | maxwell equation | 17 |
maxwell dodge | 29 | maxwell music | 17 |
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| Language | Translations for "maxwell"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Maksvel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 麦克斯韦. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | maxwell. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | maxwell. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | maxwell. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | maxwell. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | MX (Mexico, Mobile experimental missile, United Mexican States), Maxwell. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Mx (Mexico, United Mexican States), M, μάξγουελ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Maxwell. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | axwellmay maxwell. (various references) Максвелл. (various references) maksvel. (various references) maxwell. (various references) Maksvel, Mıknatıs Akımı Birimi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "maxwell": maxwells. (additional references) | |
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"Maxwell" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Mahwali, Marwell, Miswell, Morwell, Mulwell. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "maxwell" (pronounced ma"kswe'l) |
| 4 | -s w e' l | groundswell. |
| 3 | -w e' l | stairwell. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-l-m-w-x" | |
-3 letters: alme, axel, axle, exam, lame, leal, male, mall, meal, mell, mewl, wale, wall, wame, weal, well. | |
-4 letters: ale, all, awe, awl, axe, ell, elm, lam, law, lax, lea, lex, mae, maw, max, mel, mew, wae, wax. | |
-5 letters: ae, al, am, aw, ax, el, em, ex, la, ma, me, we. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-l-m-w-x" | |
+1 letter: maxwells. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 78 77 65 6C 6C |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- -..- .--. . .-.. .-.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01111000 01110111 01100101 01101100 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a x w e l l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0078 0077 0065 006C 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47679089717878 |
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