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rayleigh

UK //ˈreɪli//US //ˈreɪli//

词源

Named after Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt), a British physicist who studied the scattering of light.

noun

❶ 瑞利,物理学中用于描述光散射现象的单位,尤其在测量大气散射时常用。

“The sky appears blue due to Rayleigh scattering of sunlight.”

(天空呈现蓝色是由于阳光的瑞利散射现象。)

“Rayleigh waves are a type of surface wave in seismology.”

(瑞利波是地震学中的一种表面波。)

同义词:scattering unit, optical unit

常见短语

Rayleigh scattering — 瑞利散射,指光通过比其波长小的粒子时发生的散射现象,解释了天空为什么是蓝色的。

“Rayleigh scattering is why the sky is blue during the day.”

(瑞利散射解释了为什么白天的天空是蓝色的。)

Rayleigh wave — 瑞利波,地震学中的一种表面波,沿地球表面传播,造成地面滚动运动。

“Rayleigh waves cause the ground to roll during an earthquake.”

(地震时,瑞利波会导致地面滚动。)