Rayleigh

American  

[rey-lee] / ˈreɪ li /

noun

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

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Rayleigh British  

/ 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

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Rayleigh Scientific  

/ rā′lē /

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.

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Example Sentences

To model beam misalignment more realistically, they applied Rayleigh and Hoyt distributions.

From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026

"Our findings, based on Rayleigh and Hoyt framework, are consistent with existing generalized models, while offering new analytical clarity on the role of asymmetry in pointing errors," concludes Prof. Ata.

From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026

Mark Billings, 38, from the FitzWimarc School in Rayleigh, appeared as one of the contenders on Saturday, taking on the might of the lycra-clad muscle men and women.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

The secondary school in Rayleigh has solar panels on one of its teaching blocks, but most of the school is heated by gas-fired boilers.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2022

Love and Rayleigh waves are surface waves, and produce most of the shaking felt during an earthquake.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland