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Pauli exclusion principle definition

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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the two electron in the same orbital have opposite spins

Posted by anonymous 90 days ago.

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