alleryWhich principle assigns an equal share of energy to each squared term?
AEqualisation
BEquidistance
CEquipartition
DEquilibration
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Equipartition
1. Each degree of freedom carries the same average energy.
2. That result is stated as a named law.
3. This is known as the law of equipartition of energy.
4. So the answer is equipartition.
_Source: syllabus Physics Part II, Ch 12 'Kinetic Theory'_
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