orbital quantum number
Physics
noun
(More fully orbital angular momentum quantum number) the quantum number of the angular momentum possessed by an electron or group of electrons by virtue of occupying a particular orbital; also called azimuthal quantum number.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.
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