Rayleigh

[ rey-lee ]

noun

1. John William Strutt [struht], 3rd Baron, 1842–1919, English physicist: Nobel Prize 1904.

Rayleigh

/ ˈreɪlɪ /

noun

1. Rayleigh, Lord18421919MBritishSCIENCE: physicist Lord , title of John William Strutt , 1842–1919, British physicist. He discovered argon (1894) with Ramsay and made important contributions to the theory of sound, the theory of scattering of radiation, etc. Nobel prize for physics 1904

Rayleigh

/ rā′lē /

1. British physicist whose investigation of the densities of gases led to his discovery (with Sir William Ramsay) of the noble gas argon in 1894. For this work he won the 1904 Nobel Prize for physics.

Example Sentences

The secondary school in Rayleigh has solar panels on one of its teaching blocks, but most of the school is heated by gas-fired boilers.

From BBC

The so-called Rayleigh-Jeans law, named after the physicists Lord Rayleigh and Sir James Jeans, worked fairly well.

From Literature

The Rayleigh criterion in optics implies that the best angular resolution of a telescope is at the so-called “diffraction limit,” roughly the wavelength of light divided by the aperture diameter.

From Scientific American

Essex Fire and Rescue Service attended the scene on Clarence Road in Rayleigh, Essex, at about 10:00 GMT and extinguished the blaze.

From BBC

In an interview with the police, Mr Naylor of Rayleigh in Essex, said he was aware of the injury but that he was not aware it related to an issue with the electricity supply.

From BBC