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ELECTRON SHELL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A grouping of electrons surrounding the nucleus of an atom
Example:
the chemical properties of an atom are determined by the outermost electron shell
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("electron shell" is a kind of...):
group; grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)
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