Statistical mechanics is a branch of theoretical physics (and mathematical physics) that studies, using probability theory, the average behaviour of a mechanical system where the state of the system is uncertain. The present understanding of the universe indicates that its fundamental laws are mechanical in nature, and that all physical systems ar...
branch of physics that combines the principles and procedures of statistics with the laws of both classical and quantum mechanics, particularly with ... [7 related articles]
The study of statistical and thermal properties of physical materials and their idealized mathematical models.
A method that treats the detailed state of a system as an ensemble subject to statistical uncertainties. It can be used to derive thermodynamic properties from properties at the molecular level.
the application of mathematical statistics to the collective motions of large populations of particles
[n] - the branch of physics that makes theoretical predictions about the behavior of macroscopic systems on the basis of statistical laws governing its component particles
noun the branch of physics that makes theoretical predictions about the behavior of macroscopic systems on the basis of statistical laws governing its component particles
the science that deals with average properties of the molecules, atoms, or elementary particles in random motion in a system of many such particles and relates these properties to the thermodynamic and other macroscopic properties of the system. Also calledCf.