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sub⋅shell

[suhb-shel]
–noun Physics.
a group of electrons in an atom belonging to the same shell and also having the same azimuthal quantum number.

Origin:
1965–70; sub- + shell
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sub·shell   (sŭb'shěl')   
n.  One or more orbitals in the electron shell of an atom.
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