QUANTUM NUMBER


Meaning of QUANTUM NUMBER in English

Physics.

1. any integer or half of an odd integer that distinguishes one of the discrete states of a quantum-mechanical system.

2. any number that distinguishes among different members of a family of elementary particles.

[ 1915-20 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .