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dislocalization

dislocalization is the alternative form of delocalization.

Meaning of delocalization

Noun

delocalization (countable and uncountable, plural delocalizations)

  1. the process of delocalizing or the fact of being delocalized
  2. (physical, quantum mechanics) the phenomenon in which bonding electrons of some molecules serve to bind several atoms instead of just two; it is observed in metals and in aromatic and conjugated organic compounds

Forms of dislocalization

pluraldislocalizations

Origin of dislocalization

From dis- + localization.

Questions about dislocalization

What is dislocalization the alternative form of?
Dislocalization is the alternative form of delocalization.

Words near dislocalization in the dictionary

  1. disload
  2. disloaded
  3. disloading
  4. disloads
  5. dislocable
  6. dislocalization
  7. dislocalizations
  8. dislocalize
  9. dislocalized
  10. dislocatability
  11. dislocatable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dislocalization (page history and authors); delocalization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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