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- Rayleigh scatteringRayleigh scatteringRayleigh scattering, named after the British physicist Lord Rayleigh, is the elastic scattering of light or other electromagnetic radiation by particles much smaller than the wavelength of the light. The particles may be individual atoms or molecules. It can occur when light travels through...
- Rayleigh–Jeans law
- Rayleigh waveRayleigh waveRayleigh waves are a type of surface acoustic wave that travels on solids. They are produced on the Earth by earthquakes, in which case they are also known as "ground roll", or by other sources of seismic energy such as ocean waves an explosion or even a sledgehammer impact...
s - Rayleigh (unit)Rayleigh (unit)The rayleigh is a unit of photon flux, used to measure air glow . It was first proposed in 1956 by D. M. Hunten, Franklin E. Roach, and J. W. Chamberlain. It is named for Robert John Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh . Its symbol is R...
, named after the son of Lord Rayleigh - Rayleigh criterion in angular resolutionAngular resolutionAngular resolution, or spatial resolution, describes the ability of any image-forming device such as an optical or radio telescope, a microscope, a camera, or an eye, to distinguish small details of an object...
- Rayleigh distribution
- Rayleigh fadingRayleigh fadingRayleigh fading is a statistical model for the effect of a propagation environment on a radio signal, such as that used by wireless devices.Rayleigh fading models assume that the magnitude of a signal that has passed through such a transmission medium will vary randomly, or fade, according to a...
- Rayleigh lawRayleigh lawThe Rayleigh law describes the behaviour of ferromagnetic materials at low fields.Ferromagnetic materials consist of magnetic domains. When a small external field H is applied, domains parallel to the external field start to grow. In this region, domain walls are moving. They are hindered by...
on low-field magnetization - Rayleigh lengthRayleigh lengthIn optics and especially laser science, the Rayleigh length or Rayleigh range is the distance along the propagation direction of a beam from the waist to the place where the area of the cross section is doubled. A related parameter is the confocal parameter, b, which is twice the Rayleigh length...
- Rayleigh numberRayleigh numberIn fluid mechanics, the Rayleigh number for a fluid is a dimensionless number associated with buoyancy driven flow...
- Rayleigh quotient
- Rayleigh condensation
People
- John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (Lord Rayleigh), physicist, winner of a Nobel Prize in 1904
- Robert John Strutt, 4th Baron RayleighRobert John Strutt, 4th Baron RayleighRobert John Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh was a British peer and physicist. He discovered "active nitrogen", was the first to distinguish the glow of the night sky....
, physicist; son of John William Strutt - Baron RayleighBaron RayleighBaron Rayleigh, of Terling Place in the County of Essex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1821 for Lady Charlotte Strutt, wife of Colonel Joseph Strutt, Member of Parliament for Maldon and a member of an Essex family that had made its fortune in the milling business...
- Charlotte Mary Gertrude Strutt, 1st Baroness Rayleigh
- Silvers Rayleigh, a fictional character in One Piece
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- Rayleigh, British ColumbiaRayleigh, British ColumbiaIn May 1973, the municipality of Rayleigh, British Columbia was added to the city of Kamloops, located on the east side of the North Thompson River to the south of the community of Heffley Creek, also part of the City of Kamloops. A former post office here was named Rayleigh Mount. This post...
, Canada - Rayleigh, EssexRayleigh, EssexRayleigh is a market town and civil parish in the District of Rochford in Essex, England, located between Chelmsford and Southend-on-Sea. It lies to the east of central London. It has a population of 30,196, having expanded rapidly in the 1960s.-Toponymy:...
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