delocalization

  1. Noun.  the process of delocalizing or the fact of being delocalized.
  2. Noun.  (chemistry) the phenomenon in which bonding electrons of some molecules serve to bind several atoms instead of just two; it is observed in metals and in aromatic and conjugated organic compounds.

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