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statistical mechanics

n. (used with a sing. verb)

Any of various statistical models used in physics, as in kinetic theory, to describe the aggregate properties of large numbers of particles.

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statistical mechanics

(General Physics) (functioning as singular) the study of the properties of physical systems as predicted by the statistical behaviour of their constituent particles

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Noun 1. statistical mechanics - the branch of physics that makes theoretical predictions about the behavior of macroscopic systems on the basis of statistical laws governing its component particles

natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics"

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