Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics
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maks
-wel
bawlts
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uh
n, -w
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l]
/ˈmæks wɛl ˈbɔlts mɑn, -mən, -wəl/
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.
Origin
1965-70;
after J. C.
Maxwell
and Ludwig
Boltzmann