hybridized orbital

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hybridized orbital [′hī·brəd‚īzd ′ȯr·bəd·əl]

(physical chemistry)

A molecular orbital which is a linear combination of two or more orbitals of comparable energy (such as 2sand 2porbitals), is concentrated along a certain direction in space, and participates in formation of a directed valence bond.

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