| distribution law [´dis·trǝ`byü·shǝn ´lȯ] ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY The law stating that if a substance is dissolved in two immiscible liquids, the ratio of its concentration in each is constant. STATISTICAL MECHANICS A law which gives a density function specifying the probability of finding a particle in a unit volume of phase space, or the number of particles in each of the states which a particle may occupy, or the number of particles per unit volume of phase space. |