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| Ra·man ef·fect |
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change in light: the change in wavelength and phase exhibited by monochromatic light passing through a transparent medium. The scattering that results is used in Raman spectroscopy to obtain information about the structure of molecules.
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| [Early 20th century. After Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman] |
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