Lord Rayleigh

Lord Rayleigh
noun
English physicist who studied the density of gases and discovered argon; made important contributions to acoustic theory (1842-1919)
Instance Hypernyms: ↑physicist

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  • Lord Rayleigh — John William Strutt Rayleigh John W. Rayleigh Naissance 12 novembre 1842 Landford Grove (Essex) (Royaume Uni) Décès …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Lord Rayleigh — John William Strutt, 3. Baron Rayleigh, (* 12. November 1842 in Langford Grove, Meldon, England; † 30. Juni 1919 in Terlins Place bei Witham, England) war ein englischer Physiker. Er erhielt 1904 den Nobelpreis für Physik. John William Strutt, 3 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Lord Rayleigh — n. John William Strutt Rayleigh, Third Baron Rayleigh (1842 1919), English physicist, winner of the 1904 Nobel Prize in Physics for investigating of the densities of the most important gases and for his discovery of the element argon …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Physiknobelpreis 1904: Lord Rayleigh \(John William Strutt\) —   Der englische Physiker erhielt den Nobelpreis für seine Untersuchungen der Dichte der wichtigsten Gase und für die Entdeckung des Edelgases Argon.    Biografie   John William Strutt, 3. Baron (seit 1873) Rayleigh, * Langford Grove (Essex) 12.… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • John William Strutt, 3. Lord Rayleigh — John William Strutt, 3. Baron Rayleigh, (* 12. November 1842 in Langford Grove, Meldon, England; † 30. Juni 1919 in Terlins Place bei Witham, England) war ein englischer Physiker. Er erhielt 1904 den Nobelpreis für Physik. John William Strutt, 3 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 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… …   Wikipedia

  • Rayleigh wave — Rayleigh waves, also known as the Rayleigh Lamb Wave or ground roll , are a type of surface wave. They are associated on the Earth with earthquakes and subterranean movement of magma, or with any other source of seismic energy, such as an… …   Wikipedia

  • Rayleigh criterion — /rāˈlē krī tēˈri ən/ (physics) noun A criterion for the resolution of interference fringes, spectral lines and images ORIGIN: JW Strutt, Lord Rayleigh (1842–1919), English physicist …   Useful english dictionary

  • Rayleigh–Taylor instability — The Rayleigh–Taylor instability, or RT instability (after Lord Rayleigh and G. I. Taylor), is an instability of an interface between two fluids of different densities, which occurs when the lighter fluid is pushing the heavier fluid. [citation… …   Wikipedia

  • Rayleigh scattering — This article is about the optical phenomenon. For the magnetic phenomenon, see Rayleigh law. For the stochastic distribution, see Rayleigh distribution. For the wireless multipath propagation model, see Rayleigh fading. Rayleigh scattering causes …   Wikipedia

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