Anharmonicity refers to the deviation of a system's vibrational behavior from that predicted by harmonic approximation, where the potential energy of a system is proportional to the square of the displacement from its equilibrium position. In molecular vibrations, anharmonicity is important because it influences the energy levels and transitions between them, leading to more complex vibrational spectra than those observed in purely harmonic systems.
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