Rayleigh may refer to:
Science
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Rayleigh scattering
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Rayleigh–Jeans law
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Rayleigh (unit), a unit of photon flux named after the 4th Baron Rayleigh
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Rayl, rayl or Rayleigh, two units of specific acoustic impedance and characteristic acoustic impedance, named after the 3rd Baron Rayleigh
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Rayleigh criterion in angular resolution
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Rayleigh distribution
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Rayleigh fading
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Rayleigh law on low-field magnetization
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Rayleigh length
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Rayleigh number, a dimensionless number for a fluid associated with buoyancy driven flow
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Rayleigh quotient
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Rayleigh–Ritz method
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Plateau–Rayleigh instability explains why a falling stream of fluid breaks up into smaller packets
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Rayleigh–Taylor instability an instability of an interface between two fluids
Title of nobility
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Baron Rayleigh
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Charlotte Mary Gertrude Strutt, 1st Baroness Rayleigh
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John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, physicist, winner of a Nobel Prize in 1904
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Robert John Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh, physicist; son of John William Strutt
Fictional name
Places
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Rayleigh, British Columbia, Canada
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Rayleigh, Essex, England
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Rayleigh (lunar crater)
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Rayleigh (Martian crater)
See also
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Raleigh (disambiguation) for a different spelling
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