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Multiplet vs Quindecuplet - What's the difference?

multiplet | quindecuplet |

As nouns the difference between multiplet and quindecuplet

is that multiplet is a spectral line that has multiple components while quindecuplet is a multiplet of fifteen subatomic particles.

multiplet

English

Noun

(wikipedia multiplet) (en noun)
  • (physics) A spectral line that has multiple components
  • (chemistry) A compound peak produced in several forms of spectroscopy
  • (physics) Any of several groupings of subatomic particles that share most properties, but have different charges

    • quindecuplet

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare, particle physics) A multiplet of fifteen subatomic particles.
  • * 1988 : Wolfgang Ludwig and Claus Falter, Symmetries in Physics: Group Theory Applied to Physical Problems , page 310 (2nd ed.; Springer–Verlag; ISBN 3540180214, 9783540180210)
    • Exercise 11.10.' Calculate the multiplicities of the weights in the octet of ????????(3) and in the ' quindecuplet of ????????(4) according to (11.4.60).