hydrogenicadj.
/hʌɪdrə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪk/ a. = hydrogenous adj.1 rare.
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1866 P. H. Lawrence tr. B. von Cotta Rocks Classified i. i. 63 Hematite..is sometimes possibly a direct hydrogenic formation.
b. Physics. = hydrogen-like adj.
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1935 E. U. Condon & G. H. Shortley Theory Atomic Spectra v. 137 Energy levels in hydrogenic atoms.
1960 J. C. Slater Quantum Theory of Atomic Struct. I. viii. 190 The wave function of an electron in such a spherical field is very similar to the hydrogenic function given in Eq. (7–31).
1970 G. K. Woodgate Elem. Atomic Struct. ii. 20 The equation therefore applies to all the hydrogenic atoms hydrogen, deuterium, tritium, muonium, positronium, etc.
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