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| Ray·leigh scat·ter·ing |
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deflection of light by matter: the scattering of electromagnetic radiation into different wavelengths by very small particles of matter, responsible for red sunrises and sunsets as well as the blue of the daytime sky
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| [Mid-20th century. After John William Strutt Rayleigh] |
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