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Rayleigh waves

Rayleigh waves is the plural of Rayleigh wave.

Meaning of Rayleigh wave

Noun

Rayleigh wave (plural Rayleigh waves)

  1. A kind of surface acoustic wave that travels on solids.

Questions about Rayleigh waves

What is Rayleigh waves the plural of?
Rayleigh waves is the plural of Rayleigh wave.

Words near Rayleigh waves in the dictionary

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

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