light scattering

physical processes where moving particles or radiation (e.g. light or sound), deviate from a straight trajectory by localized non-uniformities

Class type of: scattering, optical phenomenon Q1004846

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Subclass of: scattering, optical phenomenon^[1]^[2]
Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4^[3]

🏷️ Also known as

en light scattering ar تبعثر الضوء cs rozptyl světla da lysspredning de Lichtstreuung es dispersión fa پراکندگی نور fr diffusion de la lumière he פיזור אור hi प्रकाश का प्रकीर्णन hu fényszórás it Diffusione della luce ja 光散乱 pl rozpraszanie światła pt espalhamento ru рассеяние света th การกระเจิงของแสง uk розсіяння світла zh 光散射

🔖 Identifiers · 18

GND ID: 4167602-6
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Diffuse reflection.svg ↗
Freebase ID: /m/06ztsgl
Google Knowledge Graph ID: /g/120nf7mx
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: lysspredning
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 3494528
IEV number: 845-24-049
IUPAC Gold Book ID: L03525
J9U entity ID: 987007529354205171
JSTOR topic ID (archived): light-scattering
Lex ID: lysspredning
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 120456961

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NL CR AUT ID: ph138409
National Library of Latvia ID: 000176862
Quora topic ID: Light-Scattering
SVKKL authority ID: h0010216-rozptyl-svetla
Topic's main category: Category:Light scattering
Yale LUX ID: concept/55937296-ec47-4d42-ad1a-92f19df4564b

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Subtypes 3

Tyndall effect, dynamic light scattering, light scattering by particles

Subclass of 2

scattering, optical phenomenon

← Field of work 2

John Tyndall, Leonid Mandelstam

Topic's main category 1

Category:Light scattering

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Category:Light scattering

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Vaartsi

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18w ago · C960657 · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Lex ID → lysspredning

"Created claim: Lex ID: lysspredning"
21w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗

SVKKL authority ID → h0010216-rozptyl-svetla

"Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: h0010216-rozptyl-svetla, batch #259599"
24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Subclass of → scattering, optical phenomenon

Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4

Topic's main category → Category:Light scattering

"Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007529354205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"

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