■ noun Physics the scattering of light by molecules or other small particles, without change in wavelength.
Origin
1930s: named after the 19th-cent. British physicist Lord Rayleigh .
■ noun Physics the scattering of light by molecules or other small particles, without change in wavelength.
Origin
1930s: named after the 19th-cent. British physicist Lord Rayleigh .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004