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Rayleigh scatterings

Rayleigh scatterings is the plural of Rayleigh scattering.

Meaning of Rayleigh scattering

Noun

Rayleigh scattering (usually uncountable, plural Rayleigh scatterings)

  1. (usually) The elastic scattering of light or other electromagnetic radiation by particles much smaller than the wavelength of the light.
    • Sky gazers in India and in other parts of the world will be able to witness a blood moon on September 7 during a total lunar eclipse. The moon will take on a dark red-copper hue. This is the result of a physical effect called Rayleigh scattering. During a total lunar eclipse, the earth comes...2025 September 6, Priyali Prakash, “Why is a blood moon called so? Sky gazers in India will see a blood moon on September 7 during a total lunar eclipse”, in The Hindu

Questions about Rayleigh scatterings

What is Rayleigh scatterings the plural of?
Rayleigh scatterings is the plural of Rayleigh scattering.

Words near Rayleigh scatterings in the dictionary

  1. Rayleigh jet
  2. Rayleigh jets
  3. Rayleigh quotient
  4. Rayleigh quotients
  5. Rayleigh scattering
  6. Rayleigh scatterings
  7. Rayleigh wave
  8. Rayleigh waves
  9. Rayleigh's resolution limit
  10. Rayleigh-Bénard convection
  11. Rayleigh-Bénard convections

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