rayleigh disk

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   an acoustic radiometer consisting of a light disk suspended from a quartz thread; when exposed to a progressive sound wave its torque can measure velocity

   Broaderradiometer

Questions about rayleigh disk

What does rayleigh disk mean?

rayleigh disk means "an acoustic radiometer consisting of a light disk suspended from a quartz thread; when exposed to a progressive sound wave its torque can measure velocity".

Is rayleigh disk a common word?

rayleigh disk 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.