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What is degenerate orbitals ​

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Two or more orbitals that have the same energy are called degenerate orbitals. Those orbitals are different in a way that they are displayed differently in space around nucleus, but they are associated in the same energy. E.g., the three subshells of p orbital are px, py, and pz.

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