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Tyndall blue

Tyndall blue proper noun: the bluish polarized light scattered in the Tyndall effect.

Proper noun

Tyndall blue

  1. The bluish polarized light scattered in the Tyndall effect.

Origin of Tyndall blue

After John Tyndall, a 19th-century British physicist who first explained the effect and the resulting color.

Questions about Tyndall blue

What does Tyndall blue mean?
Tyndall blue means the bluish polarized light scattered in the Tyndall effect.
What part of speech is Tyndall blue?
Tyndall blue is a proper noun.

Words near Tyndall blue in the dictionary

  1. Tynans
  2. Tynda
  3. Tyndale
  4. Tyndales
  5. Tyndall
  6. Tyndall blue
  7. Tyndall effect
  8. Tyndall scattering
  9. Tyndall stone
  10. Tyndall stones
  11. Tyndall's Park

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