Question

What do you mean by degenerate orbital? Give example.

Answer 1

Degenerate Orbital: Orbitals having the same energy levels are called degenerate orbitals.

Example: 'p' subshell have three orbitals (${\mathrm{p}}_{\mathrm{x}},{\mathrm{p}}_{\mathrm{y}}\mathrm{and}{\mathrm{p}}_{\mathrm{z}}$) having the same energy levels, hence they are degenerate orbitals.