different between aromatic vs delocalization

English

Alternative forms

• aromatick (obsolete)
• aromatique (obsolete)

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Middle French and Old French aromatique, from Late Latin aromaticus, from Ancient Greek ????? (ár?ma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /æ.???mæt.?k/
• Rhymes: -æt?k

Adjective

aromatic (comparative more aromatic, superlative most aromatic)

1. Fragrant or spicy.
2. (organic chemistry) Having a closed ring of alternate single and double bonds with delocalized electrons.
3. (organic chemistry) Derived from benzene.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with aromantic.

Antonyms

• (organic chemistry): aliphatic

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

aromatic (plural aromatics)

1. A fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it.
2. (organic chemistry) Any aromatic compound.

Translations

Anagrams

• macrotia

Romanian

Etymology

From French aromatique, from Latin aromaticus.

Adjective

aromatic m or n (feminine singular aromatic?, masculine plural aromatici, feminine and neuter plural aromatice)

1. aromatic

Declension

Related terms

• arom?

English

Etymology

de- +? localization

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /di??l??k?la??ze???n/

Noun

delocalization (countable and uncountable, plural delocalizations)

1. the process of delocalizing or the fact of being delocalized
2. (chemistry) the phenomenon in which bonding electrons of some molecules serve to bind several atoms instead of just two; it is observed in metals and in aromatic and conjugated organic compounds

Translations

See also

• resonance