Pauli exclusion principle

Paul·i exclusion prin·ci·ple

(paw'lē),

the theory limiting the number of electrons in the orbit or shell of an atom; that it is not possible for any two electrons to have all four quantum numbers identical.

Paul·i ex·clu·sion prin·ci·ple

(pawl'ē eks-klū'zhŭn prin'si-pĕl)

The theory limiting the number of electrons in the orbit or shell of an atom: that it is not possible for any two electrons to have all four quantum numbers identical.

Pauli,

Wolfgang, Austrian-U.S. physicist and Nobel laureate, 1900-1958.

Pauli exclusion principle - the theory limiting the number of electrons in the orbit or shell of an atom.