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MAXWELL-BOLTZMANN DISTRIBUTION LAW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(physics) a law expressing the distribution of energy among the molecules of a gas in thermal equilibrium
Synonyms:
Boltzmann distribution law; Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution law
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution law" is a kind of...):
distribution law ((chemistry) the total energy in an assembly of molecules is not distributed equally but is distributed around an average value according to a statistical distribution)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
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