EXCLUSION PRINCIPLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exclusion principle mean? 

• EXCLUSION PRINCIPLE (noun)
  The noun EXCLUSION PRINCIPLE has 1 sense:

1. no two electrons or protons or neutrons in a given system can be in states characterized by the same set of quantum numbers

  Familiarity information: EXCLUSION PRINCIPLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXCLUSION PRINCIPLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

No two electrons or protons or neutrons in a given system can be in states characterized by the same set of quantum numbers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

exclusion principle; Pauli exclusion principle

Hypernyms ("exclusion principle" is a kind of...):

law; law of nature (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature)