Fermi-Dirac statistics
or Fer·mi statistics
[fur-mee-duh-rak or fur-mee]
- quantum statistics defining the possible arrangements of particles in a given system in terms of the exclusion principle.
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See also fermion.
Origin of Fermi-Dirac statistics
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Fermi-Dirac statistics
- physics the branch of quantum statistics used to calculate the permitted energy arrangements of the particles in a system in terms of the exclusion principleCompare Bose-Einstein statistics
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Word Origin
C20: named after Enrico Fermi and Paul Dirac
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Fermi-Dirac statistics
- See under statistical mechanics.
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