Rayleigh

[rey-lee]

noun

1. John William Strutt 3rd Baron, 1842–1919, English physicist: Nobel Prize 1904.

Rayleigh

/ ˈreɪlɪ /

noun

1. Lord , title of John William Strutt , 1842–1919, British physicist. He discovered argon (1894) with Ramsay and made important contributions to the theory of sound, the theory of scattering of radiation, etc. Nobel prize for physics 1904

Rayleigh

1. British physicist whose investigation of the densities of gases led to his discovery (with Sir William Ramsay) of the noble gas argon in 1894. For this work he won the 1904 Nobel Prize for physics.

Example Sentences

Of those surface waves, Love waves shake from side to side, while Rayleigh waves roll in circles, creating up-and-down motion at the surface.

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This reddish appearance is the result of a phenomenon called "Rayleigh scattering" which also makes the sky blue and our sunsets red.

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This is caused by a process known as "Rayleigh scattering", which also makes the sky blue and our sunsets red.

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This is caused by a process known as "Rayleigh scattering" which also makes the sky blue and our sunsets red.

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More than 100,000 people signed the petition by Christina, from Rayleigh in Essex, whose personal difficult journey inspired her to take action.

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