Usually means: Sublevels within an electron shell.
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  1. subshell: Merriam-Webster
  2. subshell: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. subshell: Collins English Dictionary
  4. subshell: Wordnik
  5. subshell: Wiktionary
  6. subshell: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. subshell: Dictionary.com
  8. Subshell: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. subshell: Encyclopedia

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  1. General Chemistry Online (No longer online)
  2. subshell: UNCChem Glossary

Definitions from Wiktionary (subshell)

noun:  (chemistry, physics) Atomic orbitals for which the values of the n and l quantum numbers are the same, such as the three 2p or five 3d atomic orbitals.
noun:  (computing) A child process launched by a shell.

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