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Subshell

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the atomic orbitals for which the values of the n and l quantum numbers are the same, such as the three 2p or five 3d atomic orbitals.
  2. 2
    A child process launched by a shell.

Etymology

From sub- + shell.

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