Rayleigh may refer to:
Science
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Rayleigh scattering
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Rayleigh–Jeans law
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Rayleigh waves
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Rayleigh (unit), a unit of photon flux named after the 4th Baron Rayleigh
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Rayl
A Rayl, rayl or Rayleigh is one of two units of specific acoustic impedance or, equivalently, characteristic acoustic impedance; one an MKS unit, and the other a CGS unit. These have the same dimensions as momentum per volume.
The units are nam ...
, rayl or Rayleigh, two units of specific acoustic impedance and characteristic acoustic impedance, named after the 3rd Baron Rayleigh
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angular resolution
Angular resolution describes the ability of any image-forming device such as an optical or radio telescope, a microscope, a camera, or an eye, to distinguish small details of an object, thereby making it a major determinant of image resolution. ...
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Rayleigh distribution
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Rayleigh fading
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Rayleigh law on low-field magnetization
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Rayleigh length
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Rayleigh number, a dimensionless number for a fluid associated with buoyancy driven flow
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Rayleigh quotient
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Rayleigh–Ritz method
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Plateau–Rayleigh instability explains why a falling stream of fluid breaks up into smaller packets
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Rayleigh–Taylor instability an instability of an interface between two fluids
Title of nobility
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Baron Rayleigh
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Charlotte Mary Gertrude Strutt, 1st Baroness Rayleigh
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John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, physicist, winner of a Nobel Prize in 1904
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Robert John Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh, physicist; son of John William Strutt
Fictional name
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Silvers Rayleigh, a fictional character in One Piece
Places
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Rayleigh, British Columbia, Canada
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Rayleigh, Essex, England
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Rayleigh (lunar crater)
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Rayleigh (Martian crater)
See also
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Raleigh (disambiguation)
Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh is the capital of the U.S. state of North Carolina, named after Sir Walter Raleigh.
Raleigh may also refer to:
Places Australia
*Raleigh, New South Wales
Canada
*Raleigh, Newfoundland and Labrador
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for a different spelling
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