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Paschen series

[pah-shuh n] /ˈpɑ ʃən/

Word Origin

noun, Physics.

1.

a series of lines in the infrared spectrum of hydrogen.

Origin of Paschen series

1920-1925

First recorded in 1920-25; See origin at Paschen-Back effect

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