Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics

[ maks-wel bawlts-mahn, -muh n, -wuh l ]
/ ˈmæks wɛl ˈbɔlts mɑn, -mən, -wəl /

noun Physics.

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 of Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics

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