Brillouin function

noun

A special function that appears when studying an idealized paramagnetic material in statistical mechanics.

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Meanings

nounBrillouin function (plural Brillouin functions)

plural Brillouin functions

  1. A special function that appears when studying an idealized paramagnetic material in statistical mechanics.

Origin

Named after the physicist Léon Brillouin (1889–1969).

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