energy level


energy level

noun

Definition of ENERGY LEVEL

: one of the stable states of constant energy that may be assumed by a physical system —used especially of the quantum states of electrons in atoms and of nuclei —called also energy state

First Known Use of ENERGY LEVEL

1910

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