# Fermi-Dirac statistics

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A kind of quantum statistics that applies to the physics of a system consisting of many noninteracting identical particles that obey the Pauli exclusion principle.

## Etymology
Named after Enrico Fermi and Paul Dirac, who derived the distribution independently in 1926.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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