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Definition of Electron orbit
1. Noun. The path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Electron Orbit
Literary usage of Electron orbit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin and Its Meaning: On the Origin of the Universe and Its Mechanics by Roger Ellman (2004)
"If a second two-electron orbit is introduced in a plane tilted relative to the
... The fold tilts one electron's orbit relative to the other's but does not ..."
2. Bulletin by Mount Weather Observatory, Bluemont, Va, United States Weather Bureau (1911)
"The ratio of these two forces is independent of the radius of the electron orbit,
and, with the attraction for the numerator, is equal to 2x10'. ..."
3. Physical Optics by Robert Williams Wood (1905)
"Let £> ';, i be the components of displacement of P, the center of the electron's
orbit. In unit time the number of lines of force which enter the rectangle ..."
4. The Modern Revolution in Physics by Benjamin Crowell (2003)
"... answer to part d with the size of a typical atom. What does this tell you
about the possibility of mapping out an electron's orbit around a nucleus? ..."