quantum statistics Word Origin noun Physics, Chemistry.
- the branch of statistical mechanics that incorporates quantum mechanics.
Compare Bose-Einstein statistics, Fermi-Dirac statistics, statistical mechanics. Origin of quantum statistics First recorded in 1930–35 British Dictionary definitions for quantum statistics quantum statistics noun
- (functioning as singular) physics statistics concerned with the distribution of a number of identical elementary particles, atoms, ions, or molecules among possible quantum states
quantum statistics in Science quantum statistics
- Any of various kinds of statistical mechanics that assume quantum mechanical behavior of particles.