degeneracy

Number of states having the same energy. Symbols: $Math - text$ , $Math - text$ , $Math - text$ , $Math - text$ , $Math - text$ . Also called statistical weight.

Source:

Green Book, p. 39

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IUPAC > Gold Book > math/physics > quantities

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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A.Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.

Last update: 2008-10-07; version: 2.0.2.

DOI of this term: https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.D01556.

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