degenerate orbitals

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Orbitals whose energy levels are equal in the absence of external fields. Any linear combination of the functions corresponding to a given set of degenerate orbitals serves as an equivalent representation of this set of orbitals.
Source:
PAC, 1999, 71, 1919. (Glossary of terms used in theoretical organic chemistry) on page 1933 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'degenerate orbitals' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.DT07018 RIS BibTex EndNote
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