Rayleigh may refer to:

Science

* Rayleigh scattering * Rayleigh–Jeans law * Rayleigh waves * Rayleigh (unit), a unit of photon flux named after the 4th Baron Rayleigh *

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 *Rayleigh criterion in

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. ...

* Rayleigh distribution *

Rayleigh fading Rayleigh fading is a statistical model for the effect of a propagation environment on a radio signal, such as that used by wireless devices. Rayleigh fading models assume that the magnitude of a signal that has passed through such a transmission me ...

Rayleigh law The Rayleigh law describes the behavior of ferromagnetic materials at low fields. Ferromagnetic materials consist of magnetic domains. When a small external field H is applied, domains parallel to the external field start to grow. In this regi ...

on low-field magnetization * Rayleigh length * Rayleigh number, a dimensionless number for a fluid associated with buoyancy driven flow * Rayleigh quotient *

Rayleigh–Ritz method The Rayleigh–Ritz method is a direct numerical method of approximating eigenvalues, originated in the context of solving physical boundary value problems and named after Lord Rayleigh and Walther Ritz. The name Rayleigh–Ritz is being debated v ...

* 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

Title of nobility

* Baron Rayleigh **

Charlotte Mary Gertrude Strutt, 1st Baroness Rayleigh Charlotte Mary Gertrude Strutt, 1st Baroness Rayleigh (29 May 1758 – 13 September 1836), known as Lady Charlotte FitzGerald from 1758 to 1789 and as Lady Charlotte Strutt from 1789 to 1821, was a British peeress. Charlotte was the daughter of ...

John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, (; 12 November 1842 – 30 June 1919) was an English mathematician and physicist who made extensive contributions to science. He spent all of his academic career at the University of Cambridge. Amo ...

, physicist, winner of a Nobel Prize in 1904 ** Robert John Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh, physicist; son of John William Strutt

Fictional name

Silvers Rayleigh The ''One Piece'' manga features an extensive cast of characters created by Eiichiro Oda. The series takes place in a fictional universe where vast numbers of pirates, soldiers, revolutionaries, and other adventurers fight each other, using var ...

, a fictional character in One Piece

Places

Rayleigh, British Columbia Rayleigh is a neighbourhood of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada along Highway 5 (the Yellowhead Highway). It is located on the east side of the North Thompson River The North Thompson River is the northern branch of the Thompson River, t ...

, Canada * Rayleigh, Essex, England *

Rayleigh (lunar crater) Rayleigh is a lunar impact crater, approximately 114 kilometers in diameter, that lies along the northeast limb of the Moon. This feature is seen edge-on from Earth, making it difficult to see much detail. In addition, libration effects can ...

* Rayleigh (Martian crater)

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