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Resonance
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Resonance describes a molecule whose true electron distribution blends two or more valid Lewis structures, none alone fully accurate.
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Ozone is drawn with two structures differing only in which oxygen-oxygen bond is double; the real molecule matches neither.
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Resonance structures are not different molecules flipping back and forth; the real molecule is one fixed blend.