Rayleigh - Scientific Terms

Scientific Terms

  • Rayleigh scattering
  • Rayleigh–Jeans law
  • Rayleigh waves
  • Rayleigh (unit), a unit of photon flux named after the 4th Baron Rayleigh
  • Rayl, rayl or Rayleigh, two units of specific acoustic impedance and characteristic acoustic impedance, named after the 3rd Baron Rayleigh
  • Rayleigh criterion in angular resolution
  • Rayleigh distribution
  • Rayleigh fading
  • Rayleigh law on low-field magnetization
  • Rayleigh length
  • Rayleigh number
  • Rayleigh quotient
  • Plateau–Rayleigh instability explains why a falling stream of fluid breaks up into smaller packets
  • Rayleigh–Taylor instability an instability of an interface between two fluids

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