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麥克斯韋

简麦克斯韦 · 繁麥克斯韋

Mandarin · pinyin Mài kè sī wéi

Maxwell (name)
James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scottish physicist and mathematician, the originator of Maxwell's laws of electromagnetism and electromagnetic waves

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克: kè · gram; overcome; transliteration
斯: sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
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麦: mài · wheat, barley, oats; simplified form of Kangxi radical 199
韦: wéi · tanned leather; surname; simplified form of Kangxi radical 178

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4–4–1–2 · Mai4 ke4 si1 wei2

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Maxwell

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(physics) maxwell

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