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maxwellisation

/ˌmækswɛləˈzeɪʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
Max-well-is-at-ion
IPA
/ˌmækswɛləˈzeɪʃən/
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The property of exhibiting a Maxwellian distribution (or Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution), especially as regards the speed of a particle.

Uncountable

noun

A process whereby a person criticized in an official inquiry is given an opportunity to read and respond to the criticisms before the report of the inquiry is published.

British usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Maxwell + -isation (suffix forming nouns denoting the act, process, or result of doing something). Sense 1 is named after the Scottish scientist James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) who first formulated what is now called the Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution, a probability distribution originally used for describing particle speeds in idealized gases, in 1860. Sense 2 is named after the British media proprietor and fraudster Robert Maxwell (1923–1991) who brought a court case in respect of a 1969 British government report that was critical of his conduct. The Court of Appeal of England and Wales held that he should have been shown the draft final conclusions of the inquiry so that he could respond to them.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌmækswɛləˈzeɪʃən/
  • British English: /ˌmækswɛlɪˈzeɪʃn̩/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Maxwellization (alternative)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce maxwellisation?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmækswɛləˈzeɪʃən/.
What does maxwellisation mean?
The property of exhibiting a Maxwellian distribution (or Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution), especially as regards the speed of a particle.
Where does maxwellisation come from?
From Maxwell + -isation (suffix forming nouns denoting the act, process, or result of doing something). Sense 1 is named after the Scottish scientist James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) who first formulated what is now called the Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution, a probability distribution originally used for describing particle speeds in idealized gases, in 1860. Sense 2 is named after the British media proprietor and fraudster Robert Maxwell (1923–1991) who brought a court case in respect of a 1969 British government report that was critical of his conduct. The Court of Appeal of England and Wales held that he should have been shown the draft final conclusions of the inquiry so that he could respond to them.

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