Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun boltzmann_distribution_law

1 sense of boltzmann distribution law

Sense 1
Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution law, Boltzmann distribution law -- ((physics) a law expressing the distribution of energy among the molecules of a gas in thermal equilibrium)
       => 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)