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Rydberg

Noun

1. A unit of energy equal to the energy of an electronic transition between two atomic orbitals.

Sample sentence: The atom absorbed a photon with energy equivalent to one rydberg.

Adjective

1. Relating to, or characteristic of the work or theories of the Swedish physicist Johannes Rydberg.

Sample sentence: Students in the physics class learned about Rydberg's formula for calculating the wavelengths of spectral lines.

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