Orbital (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. of or relating to an orbit.
noun
  1. Physics, Chemistry.
    • a wave function describing the state of a single electron in an atom (atomic orbital ) or in a molecule (molecular orbital ).
    • the electron in that state.
adjective
  1. of or denoting an orbit
  2. (of a motorway or major road circuit) circling a large city
noun
  1. a region surrounding an atomic nucleus in which the probability distribution of the electrons is given by a wave function
  2. an orbital road
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