Noun maxwell has 2 senses

• maxwell(n = noun.quantity) mx - 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;
is a kind of flux unit, magnetic flux unit
is a part of wb, weber

• maxwell(n = noun.person) j. c. maxwell, james clerk maxwell - Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879);
is a kind of physicist