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Tyndall beam

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noun

Physical Chemistry.

  1. the visible path of light produced by the scattering action Tyndall effect of the particles in a colloidal solution on a beam of light passed through it.

Etymology

Origin of Tyndall beam

Named after J. Tyndall

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