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exclusion principle comparison table

Subject	has definition	has implication	has example	has synonym	is a kind of	applies to	is an instance of
quantum law					law
exclusion principle	Two identical fermions cannot occupy the same quantum state (i.e. cannot have the same charge, spin, momentum, quantum numbers etc. within the same region of space).	solid objects cannot exist in the same physical space.	No two electrons in an atom can have the same set of values for the four quantum numbers n, l, mb, ms.	Pauli exclusion principle		fermion	quantum law

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