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M-shell

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[em-shel] / ˈɛmˌʃɛl /

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.

Etymology

Origin of M-shell

First recorded in 1920–25

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