Max|well-Boltz|mann distribution

Max|well-Boltz|mann distribution «MAKS wuhl BLTS mahn, -wehl-; -muhn»,

Physics. a theory dealing with the distribution of velocities among gas particles in equilibrium and the statistical probabilities associated with these.

╂[< James Clerk Maxwell, 1831-1879, and Ludwig Boltzmann, 1844-1906, the two physicists who formulated the theory]