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Pickering series

Pickering series proper noun: three lines of singly ionized helium found, usually in absorption, in the spectra of hot stars, produced by transitions of an electron with principal quantum number n=4 state from a higher energy level.

Proper noun

Pickering series

  1. Three lines of singly ionized helium found, usually in absorption, in the spectra of hot stars, produced by transitions of an electron with principal quantum number n=4 state from a higher energy level.

Pickering series meaning in Tamil

Pickering series in Tamil

பிக்கரிங் தொடர்

Origin of Pickering series

Named after Edward Charles Pickering.

Questions about Pickering series

What does Pickering series mean?
Pickering series means three lines of singly ionized helium found, usually in absorption, in the spectra of hot stars, produced by transitions of an electron with principal quantum number n=4 state from a higher energy level.
What is Pickering series in Tamil?
Pickering series in Tamil is பிக்கரிங் தொடர். See Pickering series meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Pickering series?
Pickering series is a proper noun.

Words near Pickering series in the dictionary

  1. pickerelweeds
  2. pickeries
  3. Pickerill
  4. Pickerills
  5. Pickering
  6. Pickering series
  7. pickeringite
  8. Pickerings
  9. Pickerington
  10. pickeroon
  11. pickeroons

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