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Pauli exclusion principle
the principle that no two electrons, protons, etc. in a given system can have the same set of quantum numbers and, thus, that no two can occupy the same space at the same time
Etymology: after Wolfgang Pauli
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the two electron in the same orbital have opposite spins
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