statistical thermodynamics

English

Noun

statistical thermodynamics (uncountable)

1. Thermodynamics that studies a thermodynamic system as an ensemble of moving molecules, considering the macroscopic temperature as an average kinetic energy of the microscopic molecules.

Synonyms

• statistical mechanics

Translations

branch of thermodynamics

• Finnish: tilastollinen termodynamiikka

See also

• classical thermodynamics
• Boltzmannian