Rayleigh

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Rayleigh may refer to:

• Rayleigh (unit), named after the son of Lord Rayleigh
• Rayleigh criterion in Angular resolution
• Rayleigh distribution
• Rayleigh fading
• Rayleigh law on low-field magnetization
• Rayleigh length
• Rayleigh number
• Rayleigh quotient
• Rayleigh scattering
• Rayleigh waves
• Rayleigh-Jeans law

Rayleigh is the name of:

• Rayleigh, Essex
• Baron Rayleigh
  • Charlotte Mary Gertrude Strutt, 1st Baroness Rayleigh
  • John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (Lord Rayleigh), winner of a Nobel Prize in 1904
  • Robert John Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh, physicist; son of John William Strutt

[edit] See also

• Raleigh