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  2. Rayleigh distribution - Wikipedia

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    The distribution is named after Lord Rayleigh (/ ˈ r eɪ l i /). [1] A Rayleigh distribution is often observed when the overall magnitude of a vector in the plane is related to its directional components. One example where the Rayleigh distribution naturally arises is when wind velocity is analyzed in two dimensions.

  3. Rayleigh scattering - Wikipedia

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    Rayleigh scattering of that light off oxygen and nitrogen molecules, and; the response of the human visual system. The strong wavelength dependence of the Rayleigh scattering (~λ −4) means that shorter wavelengths are scattered more strongly than longer wavelengths. This results in the indirect blue and violet light coming from all regions ...

  4. Rayleigh - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Raleigh plot - Wikipedia

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    Raleigh plots was first introduced by Lord Rayleigh.The concept of Raleigh plots evolved from Raleigh tests, also introduced by Lord Rayleigh in 1880. The Rayleigh test is a popular statistical test used to measure the concentration of data points around a circle, identifying any unimodal bias in the distribution. [5]

  6. Rayleigh fading - Wikipedia

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    Rayleigh fading is a statistical model for the effect of a propagation environment on a radio signal, such as that used by wireless devices.. Rayleigh fading models assume that the magnitude of a signal that has passed through such a transmission medium (also called a communication channel) will vary randomly, or fade, according to a Rayleigh distribution — the radial component of the sum of ...

  7. Rayleigh mixture distribution - Wikipedia

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    where (,;) is a well-defined probability density function or sampling distribution. [ 1 ] The Rayleigh mixture distribution is one of many types of compound distributions in which the appearance of a value in a sample or population might be interpreted as a function of other underlying random variables.

  8. Rayleigh distance - Wikipedia

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    Rayleigh distance in optics is the axial distance from a radiating aperture to a point at which the path difference between the axial ray and an edge ray is λ / 4. An approximation of the Rayleigh Distance is Z = D 2 2 λ {\displaystyle Z={\frac {D^{2}}{2\lambda }}} , in which Z is the Rayleigh distance, D is the aperture of radiation, λ the ...

  9. Rayleigh number - Wikipedia

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    In fluid mechanics, the Rayleigh number (Ra, after Lord Rayleigh [1]) for a fluid is a dimensionless number associated with buoyancy-driven flow, also known as free (or natural) convection. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It characterises the fluid's flow regime: [ 5 ] a value in a certain lower range denotes laminar flow ; a value in a higher range ...