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Balmer series
(Bal¦mer ser¦ies)
Pronunciation:
/ˈbɑːmə/
Physics
a series of lines in the visible and ultraviolet spectrum of atomic hydrogen, between 656 and 365 nanometres.
Origin:
from the name of the Swiss physicist J. J.
Balmer
(1825–98)
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