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subshells

subshells is the plural of subshell.

Meaning of subshell

Noun

subshell (plural subshells)

  1. Any of the atomic orbitals for which the values of the n and l quantum numbers are the same, such as the three 2p or five 3d atomic orbitals.
  2. A child process launched by a shell.

Questions about subshells

What is subshells the plural of?
Subshells is the plural of subshell.

Words near subshells in the dictionary

  1. subshapes
  2. subsheaf
  3. subsheath
  4. subsheaths
  5. subshell
  6. subshells
  7. subsheriff
  8. subsheriffs
  9. subshift
  10. subshifts
  11. subshine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subshells (page history and authors); subshell (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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