subshell

Electron energy subdivision

A subshell is a subdivision of an electron shell in atomic physics, designated by letters (s, p, d, f) that indicate orbital shape and energy level: The 2p subshell can hold up to six electrons.

In computing, a subshell is a child process spawned by a shell to execute commands in an isolated environment, often created by parentheses in scripts: Variables set in a subshell don't affect the parent.

computing

bash

Forceful striking blow

unix · interpreter · pipe · stdin · stdout · fork

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atomic structural hierarchy

subshellshell

Hard outer covering

electron shell · energy level · orbital · atom · nucleus

granularity of electron description

subshellorbital

Revolving around another

atomic orbital · electron · electron cloud

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shell, shells, eggshell, shellfish, seashell, shelled, shelling, substructure, unshelled

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