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Rayleigh may refer to:

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Rayleigh may refer to:

==Science== Rayleigh scattering Rayleigh–Jeans law Rayleigh waves Rayleigh (unit), a unit of photon flux named after the 4th Baron Rayleigh Rayl, rayl or Rayleigh, two units of specific acoustic impedance and characteristic acoustic impedance, named after the 3rd Baron Rayleigh Rayleigh criterion in angular resolution Rayleigh distribution Rayleigh fading Rayleigh law on low-field magnetization Rayleigh length Rayleigh number, a dimensionless number for a fluid associated with buoyancy driven flow Rayleigh quotient Rayleigh–Ritz method Plateau–Rayleigh instability explains why a falling stream of fluid breaks up into smaller packets Rayleigh–Taylor instability an instability of an interface between two fluids

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