resonance hybrid

noun

A compound for which no simple structure can be written, but which actually has a structure midway between two simple ones - normally one polar and one nonpolar.

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Meanings

nounresonance hybrid (plural resonance hybrids)

plural resonance hybrids

  1. chemistryA compound for which no simple structure can be written, but which actually has a structure midway between two simple ones - normally one polar and one nonpolar.
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