1.  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

2.  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

   A cgs unit of magnetic flux, abbreviated Mx; it is equal to the magnetic flux passing through one sqaure centimeter which is normal to a magnetic field of one gauss. [WordNet 1.5]

maxwell, n. a unit of magnetic flux in the c.g.s. system, equal to that induced through one square centimetre by a perpendicular magnetic field of one gauss.

Etymology:
J. C. Maxwell, Brit. physicist d. 1879

j. c. maxwell, james clerk maxwell, maxwell anderson, william maxwell aitken