This limit, called the Rayleigh criterion, is proportional to the wavelength of the light being focused divided by the lens aperture. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
This process, known as Rayleigh type distillation, is the origin of the link between precipitation isotope composition and temperature. From Wordnik.com. [Thompson: "Remarkably Similar" « Climate Audit] Reference
Suen holds Rayleigh in demesne as one manor and 5 hides. From Wordnik.com. [What is the evidence against warmer MWP? « Climate Audit] Reference
Rayleigh, was born on November 12, 1842 at Langford Grove. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Rayleigh - Biography] Reference
Mie scattering is much more intense than Rayleigh scattering. From Wordnik.com. [Aerosols] Reference
The sky is blue from Rayleigh scattering, not dust scatternig!!. From Wordnik.com. [Blue] Reference
When I recovered my consciousness, I was in my own room at Rayleigh. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844] Reference
Acting on this assumption, Rayleigh, together with the English chemist. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
Rayleigh was later awarded the Nobel Prize for his discovery of the inert gas argon. From Wordnik.com. [ENTANGLED MINDS] Reference
He, Rayleigh of Rayleigh Court -- to sell to a stranger the park, the fields, the house!. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844] Reference
The power curves for both turbines assume a standard Rayleigh distribution of wind speeds. From Wordnik.com. [Energy return on investment (EROI), economic feasibility and carbon intensity of a hypothetical Lake Ontario wind farm] Reference
Man in a Shed has been on half term break with kids to his old home town of Rayleigh in Essex. From Wordnik.com. [Contrails over Essex.] Reference
Friend the Member for Rayleigh said that it was 17 pages long—which I did not see until 2.36 pm. From Wordnik.com. [The farce continues] Reference
Working with William Ramsay, Rayleigh passed “nitrogen” taken from the air over hot magnesium. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-04-23] Reference
He was also positively identified by the female security guard who was threatened during the Rayleigh raid. From Wordnik.com. [Armed robber convicted of shooting at train station] Reference
We can think of the water cycle in the atmosphere as a distillation process with Rayleigh type fractionation. From Wordnik.com. [Some Ice Cores in NAS – Antarctic « Climate Audit] Reference
The hearing found that Dr David, 47, of Rayleigh, Essex, was "clinically unjustified" in withdrawing treatment. From Wordnik.com. ["I will never trust another doctor'"] Reference
Rayleigh scattering is scattering to all directions and is caused by all molecules and particles in the atmosphere. From Wordnik.com. [Aerosols] Reference
Rayleigh received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1904 for his successful isolation of argon, an inert atmospheric gas. From Wordnik.com. [Rayleigh, Lord] Reference
"It seems very unfriendly in old Rayleigh to keep such a hold on the property, when Mr Jeeks is willing to buy him off.". From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844] Reference
Rayleigh scattering is scattering that occurs primarily as a result of gas molecules, limiting the horizontal visibility. From Wordnik.com. [Smog] Reference
Wall's DNA recovered from a discarded baseball cap was found yards away from the burnt out car used in the Rayleigh robbery. From Wordnik.com. [Armed robber convicted of shooting at train station] Reference
The concept of Rayleigh Scattering, which evolved from this theory, has since become classic in the study of wave propagation. From Wordnik.com. [Rayleigh, Lord] Reference
"This here is young Rayleigh," said the old man, "and p'r'aps he'll be more open to reason and twenty-seven thousand five hundred pounds.". From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844] Reference
Crocs, Rayleigh - epicentre of the electro movement. From Wordnik.com. [Word Magazine - Comments] Reference
Rayleigh-Taylor instability situation can be mitigated significantly. From Wordnik.com. [Next Big Future] Reference
Rayleigh, Lord; Ramsay, W. Argon: A New Constituent of the Atmosphere. From Wordnik.com. [Argon] Reference
They are based in the UK, with their main warehouse in Rayleigh, Essex. From Wordnik.com. [Press Release] Reference
Gilberts brother Rayleigh tries again in 1585 in Roanoke a. Roanoke fails. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The spike distribution was considered nonuniform when the Rayleigh score was. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS Biology: New Articles] Reference
Conversely, if the Rayleigh Index is negative then thermoacoustic damping occurs. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
BBC Look East News 20/1/10 Southend 600 jobs to go at Eon call centre in Rayleigh. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Australian stroke patients to trial Nintendo Wii for rehabilitation+] Reference
That was his sister you saw me walking with in Dublin at the Gardens (Lady Rayleigh). From Wordnik.com. [The Personal Life of David Livingstone] Reference
A woman walks her children to school after heavy snowfall in Rayleigh, southern England today. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
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