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exclusion principle

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The principle that two particles of a given type, such as electrons, protons, or neutrons, cannot simultaneously occupy a particular quantum state.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

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