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Maxwellian

Maxwellian meaning

Of or pertaining to James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scottish theoretical physicist and mathematician who made important contributions to electromagnetic theory. | Obeying Maxwell statistics.

Example sentences (5)

Detailed analysis shows that this idea would not work well, but it is a good example of a case where the usual assumption of a Maxwellian plasma is not appropriate.

Lorentz began by abandoning the Maxwellian descriptions of the ether and conduction.

The concept had a number of technical challenges including maintaining the non-Maxwellian velocity distribution.

The Maxwellian distribution of the rotational periods of Jupiter trojans may indicate that they have undergone a stronger collisional evolution compared to the asteroid belt.

When this is not the case, or the interest is in smaller spatial scales, it may be necessary to use a kinetic model which properly accounts for the non-Maxwellian shape of the distribution function.