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- adjective chemistry describing the π-
electrons in aconjugated ,aromatic ormesoionic compound that are not associated with any particularatom orbond - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
delocalize .
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Examples
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It didn't help that ultra-politically correct United Colors of Benetton got involved in a nasty conflict with "delocalized" Mapuche families in the early 2000s -- leading it to be known in many progressive quarters as United Colors of Land Grab.
Pepe Escobar: Patagonia: The End of the World Is on Sale 2010
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Theorists suggested that the volume collapse happens through changes in the electronic structure of the cerium atoms in which electrons bound to specific atoms under low pressure become "delocalized" (that is, free to move among the atoms) under high pressure.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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In the case of cerium, however, pressure causes the atoms to shed some of their outermost electrons, making the electrons "delocalized".
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"delocalized" (that is, free to move among the atoms) under high pressure.
innovations-report 2010
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You watch as the waters begin to protrude, becoming a mass of hysterically delocalized pillars slithering upwards, outwards, onwards towards the shore.
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You watch as the waters begin to protrude, becoming a mass of hysterically delocalized pillars slithering upwards, outwards, onwards towards the shore.
Archive 2006-10-01 2006
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The null hypothesis being that the bonds are not delocalized (bond length) and that no ring current is found (NMR shifts, 1H in particular).
Archive 2007-11-01 Egon Willighagen 2007
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The null hypothesis being that the bonds are not delocalized (bond length) and that no ring current is found (NMR shifts, 1H in particular).
Evidence of Aromaticity Egon Willighagen 2007
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This version represents the delocalized aromatic pi-system as one IBond:
Archive 2006-12-01 Egon Willighagen 2006
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This version represents the delocalized aromatic pi-system as one IBond:
Modern chemistry in the CDK: beyond the two-atom bond Egon Willighagen 2006
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