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Orbitals
To me an orbital χ(r) is a (square-integrable) function of r, with r being the position vector of an electron. Hence I would not say that an electron moves in an orbital, as is done in this article. I would say (strictly speaking only within an independent particle model) that the position of an electron is described by an orbital, in the sense that the probability of finding an electron at r is given by |χ(r)|2.--Paul Wormer 08:48, 13 September 2007 (CDT)
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