Meaning of delocalize | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To broaden the scope of something (to make it more global).
2. To contain an electron in an orbital that extends over several adjacent atoms.
   physical
3. To remove from a locality.

Equivalents

Examples

“This combined view of the greatness of events and the feebleness of the human mind, never appears to startlingly distinct as upon the occurrence of those extraordinary crises, which, so to speak, entirely delocalize man, and transport him to a different sphere.”

“This constant desire for what we do not have, delocalizes — drives from Maine its natives and sends them to alien soil — to California, and vice versa.”

“The decision to delocalize implies moving abroad those phases which were once carried out within the company itself, or were delocalized domestically.”

“In molecular orbital theory it is thus the fact that the 2p electrons become completely delocalized that causes the lowering of the energy and of the bond distance compared to the average of the values for single and double bonds.”

“This is shown in Input 10.6 for a calculation of D-BOVB type, in which the π spectator orbitals are allowed to delocalize.”

“The high field strength in the space charge region delocalizes the states adjacent to the mobility edges and moves these edges toward the gap center.”

“Often, the wardens who happen to be nearby tranquillize the aggressive animal and delocalize it.”

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