(spectroscopy) A series of lines in the infrared spectrum of atomic hydrogen whose wave numbers are given by RH(1/36) -(1/n2), where RH is the Rydberg constant for hydrogen, and n is any number greater than 6.
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(spectroscopy) A series of lines in the infrared spectrum of atomic hydrogen whose wave numbers are given by RH(1/36) -(1/n2), where RH is the Rydberg constant for hydrogen, and n is any number greater than 6.
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