unpaired

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SpaceX will likely focus on unpaired blocks, which essentially means it is looking to deliver high-speed broadband directly to a phone.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

At the core of each molecule lies one unpaired electron, which gives it distinctive magnetic and electronic behavior.

From Science Daily • Oct. 15, 2025

Divalent chromium has the same number of unpaired electrons as trivalent manganese, the chromophore responsible for the intense color of YInMn blue, which Subramanian's team discovered 15 years ago.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024

If there’s an odd number of electrons in the wire, the unpaired electron should essentially split in half to form two separated Majorana quasiparticles—one at each end of the wire.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 20, 2023

Canu in 1892 proposed two groups, Monoporodelphya and Diporodelphya, the copulatory openings of the female being paired in the latter, unpaired in the former.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various