English Explanatory Dictionary

molecular orbital

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quantum mechanical behavior of an electron in a molecule describing the probability of the electron's particular position and energy; approximated by a linear combination of atomic orbitals.

Word forms

molecular orbital molecular orbitals
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