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rayleigh

Rayleigh (noun) means a unit of brightness (of the sky at night) equal to 10¹⁰/4π quanta per square meter per second per steradian.

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A unit of brightness (of the sky at night) equal to 10¹⁰/4π quanta per square meter per second per steradian
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Etymology

For Lord Rayleigh, English physicist

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"rayleigh" (noun) means a unit of brightness (of the sky at night) equal to 10¹⁰/4π quanta per square meter per second per steradian.

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