verb
- removing or dispersing from a particular location; making less centralized
- spreading electrons or charge over multiple atoms or bonds in a molecule
Usage: present participle of delocalize
Usage: chemistry; present participle of delocalize
Examples
- The company is delocalizing its operations to reduce costs.
- Remote work is delocalizing the traditional office environment.
- The government is delocalizing decision-making power to regional authorities.
- In benzene, the electrons are delocalizing around the ring structure.
- The new policy is delocalizing manufacturing from urban centers.
- Scientists observed the electrons delocalizing across the conjugated system.