Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

balmer formula

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.38 in modern English

Syllables: balmer -for-mu-la
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The empirical equation used to calculate the Balmer series.

Etymology

For Johann Jakob Balmer, Swiss mathematician, who discovered it in 1885.

Inflected Forms

the Balmer formula (canonical)

Questions

What does balmer formula mean?: The empirical equation used to calculate the Balmer series.
Where does balmer formula come from?: For Johann Jakob Balmer, Swiss mathematician, who discovered it in 1885.

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