Maxostoma
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~ a genus of fish in the family Catostomidae
Maxwell
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~ Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879)
maxwell
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~ 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
Maxwell Anderson
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~ United States dramatist (1888-1959)
Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution law
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~ (physics) a law expressing the distribution of energy among the molecules of a gas in thermal equilibrium
Maxwell's demon
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~ an imaginary creature that controls a small hole in a partition that divides a chamber filled with gas into two parts and allows fast molecules to move in one direction and slow molecules to move in the other direction through the hole; this would result in one part of the container becoming warmer and the other cooler, thus decreasing entropy and violating the second law of thermodynamics
Maxwell's equations
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~ four differential equations that summarize classical properties of electromagnetic fields
Maxzide
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~ trade name for an antihypertensive drug containing hydrochlorothiazide and another diuretic
May apple
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~ North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit
May blob
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~ swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups