ALL meanings of magnetic quantum number
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M m - noun magnetic quantum number the quantum number that designates the component of the orbital angular momentum in a fixed direction and that can assume all integral values between and including the orbital quantum number and the negative of the orbital quantum number. 1
- noun magnetic quantum number (physics) A quantum number of an atomic orbital, whose possible values are related to the azimuthal quantum number, that denotes the energy levels in a subshell. 0