orbital parity
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orbital parity
(′ör·bəd·əl ′par·əd·ē)
(quantum mechanics) The parity associated with the wave function of a particle, or system of particles, as a function of spatial coordinates; it is opposed to intrinsic parity; if the orbital angular momentum quantum number is l, the orbital parity is (-1)l.
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