Maxwellian

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A supporter of James Clerk Maxwell.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scottish theoretical physicist and mathematician who made important contributions to electromagnetic theory.
  2. 2
    Obeying Maxwell statistics.

    "a Maxwellian distribution"

Etymology

From Maxwell + -ian.

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