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Rydberg constant

Syllabification: (Ryd·berg con·stant)

Physics

Definition of Rydberg constant

a constant, 1.097 x 10⁷ m^1, that appears in the formulae for the wave numbers of lines in atomic spectra and is a function of the rest mass and charge of the electron, the speed of light, and Planck’s constant.