English Explanatory Dictionary

Pauli exclusion principle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A principle in quantum mechanics that states that no two identical fermions may occupy the same quantum state simultaneously.

Word forms

Pauli exclusion principle the Pauli exclusion principle

Etymology

For Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian physicist

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