Usually means: Scattering of light by particles.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. Rayleigh scattering, Rayleigh scattering: Merriam-Webster
  2. Rayleigh scattering: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Rayleigh scattering: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Rayleigh scattering: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Rayleigh scattering: Wiktionary
  6. Rayleigh scattering: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Rayleigh scattering: Dictionary.com
  8. Rayleigh Scattering, Rayleigh scattering: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Rayleigh scattering: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  10. Rayleigh scattering: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rayleigh scattering: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rayleigh scattering: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Rayleigh Scattering: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  2. Rayleigh Scattering: Extragalactic Astronomy

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  3. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Rayleigh scattering)

noun:  The elastic scattering of light or other electromagnetic radiation by particles much smaller than the wavelength of the light.

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