rayleigh

Questions about rayleigh

What does rayleigh mean?

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

How many syllables are in rayleigh?

rayleigh has 2 syllables and divides as ray-leigh under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for rayleigh?

Close synonyms include Third Baron Rayleigh, Lord 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.

Is rayleigh a common word?

rayleigh is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.