name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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rayleigh
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/ˈreɪli/
name
Meaning 2
Lord Rayleigh, English physicist
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name
Meaning 3
A town and civil parish with a town council in Rochford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8090).
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name
Meaning 4
A neighbourhood of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, named after the English town.
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noun
Meaning 5
A unit of brightness (of the sky at night) equal to 1010/4π quanta per square meter per second per steradian
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
Meaning 6
English physicist who studied the density of gases and discovered argon; made important contributions to acoustic theory (1842-1919)
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Synonyms: Third Baron Rayleigh, Lord Rayleigh, John William Strutt
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Broader terms: physicist
History
Etymology
Of the same origin as Raleigh (which is usually pronounced differently); see Wikipedia at Rayleigh, Essex § Toponymy.
For Lord Rayleigh, English physicist
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