STATISTICAL MECHANICS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The branch of physics that makes theoretical predictions about the behavior of macroscopic systems on the basis of statistical laws governing its component particles

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("statistical mechanics" is a kind of...):

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

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