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molecular orbitals

molecular orbitals is the plural of molecular orbital.

Meaning of molecular orbital

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.

Questions about molecular orbitals

What is molecular orbitals the plural of?
Molecular orbitals is the plural of molecular orbital.

Words near molecular orbitals in the dictionary

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

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