lord rayleigh

1. 1.

   English physicist who studied the density of gases and discovered argon; made important contributions to acoustic theory (1842-1919)

   SynonymsRayleighThird Baron RayleighJohn William Strutt

   Broaderphysicist

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What does lord rayleigh mean?

lord rayleigh means "English physicist who studied the density of gases and discovered argon; made important contributions to acoustic theory (1842-1919)".

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Close synonyms include Rayleigh, Third Baron Rayleigh, John William Strutt. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.