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

1 sense of bohr theory

Sense 1
Bohr theory -- ((physics) a theory of atomic structure that combined Rutherford's model with the quantum theory; electrons orbiting a nucleus can only be in certain stationary energy states and light is emitted when electrons jump from one energy state to another)
       => atomic theory -- (a theory of the structure of the atom)