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molecular orbital

molecular orbital noun: 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.

Noun

molecular orbital (plural molecular orbitals)

  1. (physical, quantum mechanics) 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.

molecular orbital meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Indonesian

molecular orbital in Hindi

molecular orbital
आण्विक कक्षक āṇvik kakṣak

molecular orbital in Tamil

மூலக்கூற்றொழுக்கலைச்சார்பு, மூலக்கூற்றொழுக்கு

molecular orbital in Indonesian

molecular orbital
orbital molekul

Forms of molecular orbital

pluralmolecular orbitals

Questions about molecular orbital

What does molecular orbital mean?
Molecular orbital means 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.
What is molecular orbital in Hindi?
Molecular orbital in Hindi is आण्विक कक्षक (āṇvik kakṣak). See Molecular orbital meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is molecular orbital?
Molecular orbital is a noun.
What is the plural of molecular orbital?
The plural of molecular orbital is molecular orbitals.

Words near molecular orbital in the dictionary

  1. molecular mass
  2. molecular masses
  3. molecular mechanics
  4. molecular medicine
  5. molecular modeling
  6. molecular orbital
  7. molecular orbital theory
  8. molecular orbitals
  9. molecular oxygen
  10. molecular pathology
  11. molecular sieve

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Adapted from Wiktionary: molecular orbital (page history and authors); molecular orbital (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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