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Bohr radius
[ bawr rey-dee-uhs ]
noun
, Physics.
- (in the Bohr atom of the Bohr model ) the radius of the electron orbit having the lowest energy.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Bohr radius1
First recorded in 1955–60; named after Danish physicist Niels Bohr
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