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selection rules

selection rules is the plural of selection rule.

Meaning of selection rule

Noun

selection rule (plural selection rules)

  1. Any of several general rules concerning the transitions between the states of a quantum mechanical system; they derive from the symmetry properties of the states and of their interactions

Questions about selection rules

What is selection rules the plural of?
Selection rules is the plural of selection rule.

Words near selection rules in the dictionary

  1. selection biases
  2. selection effect
  3. Selection Monday
  4. Selection Mondays
  5. selection rule
  6. selection rules
  7. selection sort
  8. selection sorts
  9. Selection Sunday
  10. Selection Sundays
  11. selectional

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