Rayleigh
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, rayl or Rayleigh, two units of specific acoustic impedance and characteristic acoustic impedance, named after the 3rd Baron Rayleigh
- Rayleigh criterion in angular resolution
- Rayleigh distribution
- Rayleigh fading
- Rayleigh law on low-field magnetization
- Rayleigh length
- Rayleigh number, a dimensionless number for a fluid associated with buoyancy driven flow
- Rayleigh quotient
- Rayleigh–Ritz method
- 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
- John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, physicist, winner of a Nobel Prize in 1904
- Robert John Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh, physicist; son of John William Strutt
Fictional name
- Silvers Rayleigh, a fictional character in One Piece
Places
- Rayleigh, British Columbia, Canada
- Rayleigh, Essex, England
- Rayleigh (lunar crater)
See also
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- Raleigh (disambiguation) for a different spelling
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