electron cloud

English

Noun

electron cloud (plural electron clouds)

1. (physics) A mathematically defined region around an atomic nucleus defined by a high probability that the atom's electrons will be present in that region.

Synonyms

• atomic orbital

Translations

mathematically defined region

• Finnish: elektronipilvi (fi), elektroniverho
• Italian: nuvola elettronica f
• Russian: электронное облако (ru) n (elektronnoje oblako)
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• Spanish: nube de electrones f
• Tagalog: ulap ng dagisik, dagisik-ulap