Definitions | Rydberg atom |
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- (context, physics, chemistry) Any atom which has a single valence electron in a shell well outside any other electrons in the aton; approximates the hydrogen atom.
Etymology: From w:Johannes Rydberg, Johannes Rydberg Swedish physicist.
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