Maxwellisation

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌmækswɛlɪˈzeɪʃn̩/
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• General-American: /ˌmækswɛləˈzeɪʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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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.

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: Maxwellin–Boltzmannin jakauman omaksuminen — property of exhibiting a Maxwellian distribution, especially as regards the speed of a particle
• Finnish: tutkinnan arvostelun lukeminen ennalta — 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
• Macedonian: максвелиза́ција (maksvelizácija) — 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
• Serbo-Croatian: максвелизација — 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
• Serbo-Croatian: maksvelizacija — 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
• Ukrainian: Максвелізація (Maksvelizacija) — 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