MAGIC NUMBER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The atomic number of an extra stable strongly bound atomic nucleus: 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82 or 126

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("magic number" is a kind of...):

atomic number (the order of an element in Mendeleyev's table of the elements; equal to the number of protons in the nucleus or electrons in the neutral state of an atom of an element)

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