Rydberg constant
- Physics a constant, 1.097×107 m-1, which appears in the formulae for the wave numbers of lines in atomic spectra and is a function of the rest mass and charge of the electron, the speed of light, and Planck's constant【物理】里德伯常数。
词源
early 20th cent.: named after Johannes R. Rydberg （1854-1919）, Swedish physicist.