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orbital: a standalone construct

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orbital1 CONSTRUCTOrbital (Quantum)LEVINE · QUANTUM CHEMISTRY

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Quantum Chemistry

a mathematical function describing where an electron is likely to be around an atom.

In quantum chemistry, orbital refers to a mathematical function describing where an electron is likely to be around an atom. This meaning comes from Levine (1970) in Quantum chemistry. Here orbital is not the bony socket of the skull that holds the eye.[1]

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  1. Levine, I. N. (1970). Quantum chemistry. Allyn and Bacon. ISBN 9780136855125

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