Definition of Fermi-Dirac distribution
:an assumed statistical distribution of speeds among the electrons responsible for thermal conduction in metals
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Fermi-Dirac distribution
noun
Fer·mi-Di·rac distribution
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Origin and Etymology of fermi-dirac distribution
after Enrico Fermi †1954 Italian physicist and Paul A. M. Dirac, born 1902 English physicist
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