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rayleigh

/ˈreɪli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables
rayleigh
IPA
/ˈreɪli/
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A unit of brightness (of the sky at night) equal to 10¹⁰/4π quanta per square meter per second per steradian

name

A surname.

name

Lord Rayleigh, English physicist

name

A town and civil parish with a town council in Rochford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8090).

name

A neighbourhood of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, named after the English town.

Etymology

For Lord Rayleigh, English physicist

Inflected Forms

rayleighs (plural)

Derived Forms

kilorayleigh megarayleigh

Phrases

Rayleigh-Bénard convection Rayleigh-Jeans law Rayleigh scattering

Frequently Paired Words

Raleigh

Questions

How do you pronounce rayleigh?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈreɪli/.
What does rayleigh mean?
A unit of brightness (of the sky at night) equal to 10¹⁰/4π quanta per square meter per second per steradian
Where does rayleigh come from?
For Lord Rayleigh, English physicist

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