raman effect

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noun raman effect the change in wavelength of light scattered while passing through a transparent medium, the collection of new wavelengths (Raman spectrum) being characteristic of the scattering medium and differing from the fluorescent spectrum in being much less intense and in being unrelated to an absorption band of the medium. 1
noun raman effect a change in wavelength of light that is scattered by electrons within a material. The effect is used in Raman spectroscopy for studying molecules 0

before 1925

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First recorded in 1925-30; named after Sir C. Raman

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