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Pauli exclusion principle

The Pauli exclusion principle is the principle that two particles of a specified type aren't able to be in the same place at the same time.

(noun)

An example of the Pauli exclusion principle is that two electrons in an atom must be spinning in opposite directions if they are in the same space.

See Pauli exclusion principle in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

Origin: after Wolfgang Pauli

See Pauli exclusion principle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

See exclusion principle.

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Origin: After Wolfgang Pauli

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