schrödinger atom

schrödinger atom
\\ˈshrā]diŋər-, ˈshrə(r)]\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized S
Etymology: after Erwin Schrödinger died 1961 German physicist
: a conception of atomic structure in which a nucleus of positive electricity is embedded in and surrounded by concentric spherical shells of diffuse negative electricity

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