plural of Maxwell Street Polish

plural of Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution

(physics, statistical mechanics) A particular probability distribution originally defined and used for describing particle speeds in idealized gases. Mathematically, it is the chi distribution with three degrees of freedom (the components of the velocity vector in Euclidean space), with a scale parameter measuring speeds in units proportional to the square root of the ratio of temperature and particle mass.

plural of Maxwellian

Of or pertaining to James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scottish theoretical physicist and mathematician who made important contributions to electromagnetic theory

A supporter of James Clerk Maxwell.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic dark red mineral containing arsenic, fluorine, iron, oxygen, and sodium.

(UK) A process whereby people criticised in an official inquiry are given an opportunity to read and respond to the criticisms before the report is published.

A suburb of Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, originally in Kirkcudbrightshire (until 1929) (OS grid ref NX9675).