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Rydberg_atom
Rydberg atom
English
Noun
Rydberg
atom
(
plural
Rydberg atoms
)
(
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
Johannes Rydberg
Swedish physicist.
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