Bohr model

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Presented in 1913 by Ernest Rutherford and Niels Bohr.

Proper noun[edit]

the Bohr model

  1. (physics) A conceptual model of the atom, involving a small, dense nucleus surrounded by orbiting electrons.
    Synonym: Rutherford-Bohr model