Magic Number (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun Physics.
  1. the atomic number or neutron number of an exceptionally stable nuclide.
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  1. any of the numbers 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, and 126. Nuclides with these numbers of nucleons appear to have greater stability than other nuclides
  2. a number of atoms that is particularly stable in certain types of compound that have clusters of the same type of atom
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