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M-shell

[ em-shel ]

noun

, Physics.
  1. the third shell of electrons surrounding the nucleus of an atom and containing, when filled, 18 electrons having principal quantum number three.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of M-shell1

First recorded in 1920–25

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