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MAGIC NUMBER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The atomic number of an extra stable strongly bound atomic nucleus: 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82 or 126
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("magic number" is a kind of...):
atomic number (the order of an element in Mendeleyev's table of the elements; equal to the number of protons in the nucleus or electrons in the neutral state of an atom of an element)
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