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Named after the Swedish physicist Johannes Rydberg.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A molecule, especially one consisting of two atoms of the same element, that has a permanent dipole because one of the atoms is in a very high excited state. Full definition →
Named after the Swedish physicist Johannes Rydberg.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.