Lamb shift

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Lamb shift [′lam ¦shift]

(atomic physics)

A small shift in the energy levels of a hydrogen atom, and of hydrogenlike ions, from those predicted by the Dirac electron theory, in accord with principles of quantum electrodynamics.

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