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Aufbau principle

Auf·bau prin·ci·ple [ ówf bòw prìnsəp'l ]


noun 
Definition:
 
theory of element creation: a principle that each successive chemical element in a sequence can be created by adding a proton to the nucleus and an electron to an orbital of the preceding element

[< German, "construction"]
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