Rayleigh atmosphere
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Rayleigh atmosphere
(′rā·lē ′at·mə′sfir)
(meteorology) An idealized atmosphere consisting of only those particles, such as molecules, that are smaller than about one-tenth of the wavelength of all radiation incident upon that atmosphere; in such an atmosphere, simple Rayleigh scattering would prevail.
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