n. Rayleigh, familienaam; Rayleigh, John William Strut (1842-1919), Engels natuurkundige die de Nobelprijs ontving voor de ontdekking van het element Argon
Definizione
Rayleigh scattering
¦ noun Physics the scattering of light by molecules or other small particles, without change in wavelength.
Origin
1930s: named after the 19th-cent. British physicist Lord Rayleigh.