Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

occupation number

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English

Syllables: oc-cu-pa-tion num-ber
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The numerical extent to which a quantum state is filled (in a system of many, identical quantum particles)

Inflected Forms

occupation numbers (plural)

Phrases

Pauli exclusion principle

Frequently Paired Words

Pauli exclusion principle pinning

Questions

What does occupation number mean?: The numerical extent to which a quantum state is filled (in a system of many, identical quantum particles)

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