Balmer noun. ['bɑ:mǝ] L19.
[J. J. Balmer (1825-98), Swiss physicist.]
Physics. Used attrib. & (now rare) in possess. to designate (the mathematical formula describing) a series of lines in the visible and ultraviolet spectrum of atomic hydrogen, between 656 and 365 nanometres.

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