Balmer

/ ˈbalmər /

noun

1. BalmerJohann Jakob18251898MSwissSCIENCE: mathematician Johann Jakob . 1825–98, Swiss mathematician; discovered (1885) a formula giving the wavelengths of a series of lines in the hydrogen spectrum (the Balmer series )

Example Sentences

After all, he may look like a Montana Republican, talk like a Montana Republican but he sounds like someone from "Balmer, Merlin."

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His name was Charles Balmer, and he was afflicted with the belief that he was dying from consumption.

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Balmer declining to move, the three others now went downstairs together.

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On arriving, they found that Balmer had not yet put in an appearance, so they sat down in a corner to wait for him.

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George decided not to follow them, but turned his horse's head in the direction which Balmer had taken.

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Springing upon his horse, George then galloped off, leaving Balmer to finish his absinthe.

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