"plum pudding model" meaning in All languages combined

See plum pudding model on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: The electrons are viewed as negatively-charged "plums" in a positively-charged "pudding". Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=plum pudding model}} plum pudding model
  1. (historical, physics) An obsolete scientific model of the atom, devised shortly after the discovery of the electron but before the discovery of the atomic nucleus, and according to which the atom is composed of electrons surrounded by a soup of positive charge to balance the electrons' negative charges. It was disproved in 1909. Wikipedia link: plum pudding model Tags: historical Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-plum_pudding_model-en-name-E2ddCTcL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Obsolete scientific theories Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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