quantum statistics

quantum statistics Word Origin noun Physics, Chemistry.

1. 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

1. (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

1. Any of various kinds of statistical mechanics that assume quantum mechanical behavior of particles.