bose-einstein statistics

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Bose-Einstein statistics
    n 1: (physics) statistical law obeyed by a system of particles
         whose wave function is not changed when two particles are
         interchanged (the Pauli exclusion principle does not apply)

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bose-Einstein statistics \Bo`se-Ein"stein sta*tis"tics\
   (b[=o]`z[-e] [imac]n"st[imac]n st[.a]*t[i^]s"t[i^]ks), prop.
   n. [From physicists S. N. Bose, and Albert Einstein.]
   (Physics)
   A law of statistical mechanics which is obeyed by a system of
   particles when interchange of two particles does not change
   the wave function. Contrasted to {Fermi-Dirac statistics}.
   See also {boson}.
   [PJC]