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Optics

elastic scattering of light by particles much smaller than the wavelength, strongest at short wavelengths and responsible for the blue sky.

In optics, Rayleigh scattering refers to elastic scattering of light by particles much smaller than the wavelength, strongest at short wavelengths and responsible for the blue sky. This meaning comes from Strutt (1871) in The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science.[1]

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Strutt, J. W. (1871). On the light from the sky, its polarization and colour. The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, 41(271), 107-120. https://doi.org/10.1080/14786447108640452

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