HyperDic: tyndall_effect

English > 1 sense of the expression Tyndall effect:
NOUNphenomenonTyndall effectthe phenomenon in which light is scattered by very small particles in its path
English > Tyndall effect: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
MeaningThe 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.
Broaderoptical phenomenonA physical phenomenon related to or involving light
CatalanEfecte Tyndall

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