Rayleigh

See also: rayleigh

English

Proper noun

Rayleigh

1. A surname.
2. Lord Rayleigh, English physicist
3. A town and civil parish with a town council in Rochford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8090).
4. A neighbourhood of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, named after the English town.

Derived terms

• Rayleigh-Jeans law
• Rayleigh scattering