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To broaden the scope of something (to make it more global). / (chemistry) To contain an electron in an orbital that extends over several adjacent atoms. / (biology) To remove from a locality.

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delocalize

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Source Word

delocalize

IPA(Pronunciation)

/diːˈləʊkəlaɪz/

Verb

To broaden the scope of something (to make it more global). / (chemistry) To contain an electron in an orbital that extends over several adjacent atoms. / (biology) To remove from a locality.

Japanese Meaning

（一般）範囲を広げる、グローバル化する / （化学）複数の隣接原子にまたがる軌道内で電子が局在しない状態を作る / （生物学）局所から除去する、局所性を失わせる

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Our company decided to delocalize several departments to better serve international customers.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

当社は国際的な顧客により良く対応するために、いくつかの部署を海外展開することに決めました。

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To broaden the scope of something (to make it more global).

This combined view of the greatness of events and the feebleness of the human mind, never appears to startlingly distinct as upon the occurrence of those extraordinary crises, which, so to speak, entirely delocalize man, and transport him to a different sphere.

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Sense（2）

(chemistry) To contain an electron in an orbital that extends over several adjacent atoms.

In molecular orbital theory it is thus the fact that the 2p electrons become completely delocalized that causes the lowering of the energy and of the bond distance compared to the average of the values for single and double bonds.

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