Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pauli_exclusion_principle

1 sense of pauli exclusion principle

Sense 1
Pauli exclusion principle, exclusion principle -- (no two electrons or protons or neutrons in a given system can be in states characterized by the same set of quantum numbers)
       => law, law of nature -- (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics")