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Rayleigh scattering

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The scattering of electromagnetic radiation by particles with dimensions much smaller than the wavelength of the radiation, resulting in angular separation of colors and responsible for the reddish color of sunset and the blue of the sky.

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  • proper noun The elastic scattering of light or other electromagnetic radiation by particles much smaller than the wavelength of the light.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After John William Strutt, Third Baron Rayleigh.]

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Named after the British physicist Lord Rayleigh (1842–1919).

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