“maxwell's”

The following 2 entries include the term maxwell's.

Maxwell's demon

noun

: a hypothetical being of intelligence but molecular order of size imagined to illustrate limitations of the second law of thermodynamics

Maxwell's rule

noun

: a principle of electromagnetism: every portion of an electric circuit carrying a current experiences such mechanical forces due to its own or to any superposed magnetic field as would cause the circuit to link with a maximum of magnetic flux


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