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STATISTICAL MECHANICS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does statistical mechanics mean?
• STATISTICAL MECHANICS (noun)
The noun STATISTICAL MECHANICS has 1 sense:
1. the branch of physics that makes theoretical predictions about the behavior of macroscopic systems on the basis of statistical laws governing its component particles
Familiarity information: STATISTICAL MECHANICS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• STATISTICAL MECHANICS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of physics that makes theoretical predictions about the behavior of macroscopic systems on the basis of statistical laws governing its component particles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("statistical mechanics" is a kind of...):
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Context examples
Chemical thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, quantum chemistry, statistical mechanics, and spectroscopy are some areas of chemistry comprising the bulk of physical chemistry.
(Physical Chemistry, NCI Thesaurus)
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