Definition of Orbitals

1. Noun. (plural of orbital) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Orbitals

1. orbital [n] - See also: orbital

Lexicographical Neighbors of Orbitals

orbital ridge
orbital rim
orbital riveting
orbital rotation
orbital septum
orbital sulci
orbital surface
orbital symmetry
orbital syndrome
orbital tubercle of zygomatic bone
orbitale
orbitalis
orbitalis muscle
orbitally
orbitals (current term)
orbitary
orbitas
orbited
orbitelae
orbiter
orbiters
orbities
orbiting
orbitofrontal
orbitofrontal artery
orbitofrontal cortex
orbitography
orbitolites
orbitomaxillary

Literary usage of Orbitals

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"Up to this point, we have specified the role of five orbitals and two electrons on each iron atom, leaving four valence-shell (3d, 4s, and 4p) orbitals and ..."

2. Methods and Styles in the Development of Chemistry by Joseph Stewart Fruton (2002)
"In the molecular orbital approach one is therefore dealing with combinations of different kinds of orbitals that make up the electronic configuration of a ..."

3. Methods and Styles in the Development of Chemistry by Joseph Stewart Fruton (2002)
"In the molecular orbital approach one is therefore dealing with combinations of different kinds of orbitals that make up the electronic configuration of a ..."

4. Electronic Structure of Ferromagnet-Insulator Interfaces: Fe/MgO and Co/MgO by Martina Mueller (2007)
"In a cubic lattice, these orbitals reveal a bonding- or antibonding character, ... The t2g orbitals are represented by the d^y, d^z and dyz orbitals, ..."

5. In the Paradise of the Sufis by Javād Nūrbakhsh (1979)
"The obvious choice for the basis would be the hydrogenic Slater type orbitals, STOs.184 Gauss type orbitals, GTOs, are not such a good description of the ..."

6. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1913)
"... transverse impression below the middle, and with two fronto-orbitals ; no preapical tibial bristles ; costa not broken and not spinose. (North America. ..."

7. Project Impact edited by Ann McNeal (1998)
"In particular the images used in Bonding, Atomic orbitals, and Atomic Spectra and Structure are rigorously calculated using Gaussian 90. ..."

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