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Hybridisation is the mixing of atomic orbitals prior to their combining into molecular orbitals.

${\mathrm{sp}}^2$-hybrid orbitals are at $120^{\circ }$ to one another.

${\mathrm{dsp}}^3$-hybrid orbitals are directed towards the corners of a regular tetrahedron.

${\mathrm{sp}}^3{\mathrm{d}}^2$-hybrid orbitals are directed towards the corners of a regular octahedron.