Wiktionary:Word of the day/2023/June 10

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Word of the day
for June 10
Maxwellisation n
  1. (physics) The property of exhibiting a Maxwellian distribution (or Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution), especially as regards the speed of a particle.
  2. (British, law) 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.

The word derives from the surnames of the British media proprietor and fraudster Robert Maxwell, who was born on this day 100 years ago in 1923, and the Scottish scientist James Clerk Maxwell who was born on 13 June 1831.

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