L-shell

[el-shel]

noun Physics.

the second shell of electrons surrounding the nucleus of an atom and containing, when filled, eight electrons having principal quantum number 2.

Compare K-shell, M-shell, N-shell.

Origin of L-shell

First recorded in 1925–30

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