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The positive-integer radial/shell label for hydrogenic bound states and a principal shell label in central-field atomic descriptions.
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This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
The principal number is one atomic quantum number.
The target is a member or subtype of the broader source class.
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This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
In central-field language, the principal quantum number primarily labels electron shells.
The target represents a state, property, observable, or state-dependent description associated with the source system or theory.
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