"Lyman series" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: Named after the Harvard physicist Theodore Lyman IV, who in 1906 discovered the first line in the spectrum. Head templates: {{en-prop}} Lyman series
  1. A hydrogen spectral series of transitions and resulting ultraviolet emission lines of the hydrogen atom as an electron goes from n ≥ 2 to n = 1 (where n is the principal quantum number), the lowest energy level of the electron. Wikipedia link: Theodore Lyman IV
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