Balmer series

[ bahl-mer ]
/ ˈbɑl mər /

noun Physics.

a series of lines in the visible spectrum of hydrogen.

Origin of Balmer series

1960–65; named after J. J. Balmer (1825–98), Swiss physicist who derived its formula

British Dictionary definitions for balmer series

Balmer series
/ (German ˈbalmər) /

noun

a series of lines in the hydrogen spectrum, discovered by Johann Jakob Balmer (1825–98) in 1885