electron shell

English

Noun

electron shell (plural electron shells)

(physics) The collective states of all electrons in an atom having the same principal quantum number (visualized as an orbit in which the electrons move).

Translations

type of nebula

German: Atomhülle (de) f, Elektronenhülle (de) f
Swedish: elektronskal (sv) n

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