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Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics

[ maks-wel bawlts-mahn, -muhn, -wuhl ]

noun

, Physics.
  1. statistics for classical physics, based on the assumption that in a given physical system consisting of indistinguishable particles and regions, all possible arrangements of the particles in the various regions have equal probability.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics1

1965–70; after J. C. Maxwell and Ludwig Boltzmann

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