Meanings
nounbonding orbital (plural bonding orbitals)
plural bonding orbitals
- physicalquantum mechanicschemistryA molecular orbital, responsible for a covalent bond between two atoms, formed by overlap of their corresponding atomic orbitals
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 成鍵軌道 /成键轨道
- 成鍵軌道 /成键轨道 (chéngjiàn guǐdào)Translations
German Bindungsorbital
- BindungsorbitalTranslations
Hebrew אורביטל קושר
- אורביטל קושרTranslations
Polish orbital wiążący
- orbital wiążącyTranslations
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