Rayleigh-Jeans law

noun

-ˈjēnz-

usually capitalized R&J

: an approximation in respect to thermal radiation: the emissive power of a blackbody at absolute temperature T and at a given wavelength λ is directly proportional to T and inversely proportional to λ⁴ compare planck radiation law

Word History

Etymology

after Baron J. W. S. Rayleigh and Sir James Hapwood Jeans †1946 English physicist

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