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Meaning of Rayleigh | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈreɪli

Definitions

  1. A unit of brightness (of the sky at night) equal to 10¹⁰/4π quanta per square meter per second per steradian
  2. A surname.
  3. Lord Rayleigh, English physicist
  4. A town and civil parish with a town council in Rochford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8090).
  5. A neighbourhood of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, named after the English town.

Equivalents

العربية رايليغ
Français Rayleigh

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Rayleigh jet Rayleigh quotient Rayleigh scattering Rayleigh wave Rayleigh-Bénard convection Rayleigh-Jeans law

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