delocalized bond
delocalized bond
[dē′lō·kə‚līzd ′bänd] (chemistry)
A type of molecular bonding in which the electron density of delocalized electrons is regarded as being spread over several atoms or over the whole molecule. Also known as nonlocalized bond.
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