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TYNDALL EFFECT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tyndall effect mean?
• TYNDALL EFFECT (noun)
The noun TYNDALL EFFECT has 1 sense:
1. the phenomenon in which light is scattered by very small particles in its path; it makes a beam of light visible; the scattered light is mainly blue
Familiarity information: TYNDALL EFFECT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The phenomenon in which light is scattered by very small particles in its path; it makes a beam of light visible; the scattered light is mainly blue
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("Tyndall effect" is a kind of...):
optical phenomenon (a physical phenomenon related to or involving light)
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