delocalize in English
- delocalize⇄delocalize, verb, -ized,-izing.
- delocalize⇄v.i. (Chemistry.) to move from one point on a molecule to another.
Ex. To understand the nature of the reaction, it is important to know if the ionic charge really does ""delocalize"" (Ralph C. Dougherty). - delocalize⇄v.t. 1. to detach or remove from the proper or usual locality; free from local limitations.
Ex. We can have no St. Simons or Pepyses till we have a Paris or London to delocalize our gossip and give it historic breadth (James Russell Lowell).