Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a definite stable energy that a physical system can have;
used especially of the state of electrons in atoms or molecules;
- Example: "according to quantum theory only certain energy levels are possible"[syn: energy level, energy state]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
energy level
n 1: a definite stable energy that a physical system can have;
used especially of the state of electrons in atoms or
molecules; "according to quantum theory only certain energy
levels are possible" [syn: energy level, energy state]