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- Rayleigh scattering (/ˈreɪli/ RAY-lee) is the scattering or deflection of light, or other electromagnetic radiation, by particles with a size much smaller...
- Rayleigh may refer to: Rayleigh scattering Rayleigh–Jeans law Rayleigh waves Rayleigh (unit), a unit of photon flux named after the 4th Baron Rayleigh...
- John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (/ˈreɪli/; 12 November 1842 – 30 June 1919), was an English physicist. He spent all of his academic career at the...
- In probability theory and statistics, the Rayleigh distribution is a continuous probability distribution for nonnegative-valued random variables. Up to...
- In physics, the Rayleigh–Jeans law is an approximation to the spectral radiance of electromagnetic radiation as a function of wavelength from a black body...
- Rayleigh criterion may refer to: Angular resolution § The Rayleigh criterion, optical angular resolution Taylor–Couette flow § Rayleigh's criterion, instability...
- Rayleigh test can refer to: a test for periodicity in irregularly sampled data, a derivation of the above to test for non-uniformity (as unimodal clustering)...
- In fluid mechanics, the Rayleigh number (Ra, after Lord Rayleigh) for a fluid is a dimensionless number ****ociated with buoyancy-driven flow, also known...
- Rayleigh waves are a type of surface acoustic wave that travel along the surface of solids. They can be produced in materials in many ways, such as by...
- The rayleigh is a unit of photon flux, used to measure faint light emitted in the sky, such as airglow and auroras. It was first proposed in 1956 by Donald...