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diaspora
the dispersion of the Jews after the Babylonian and Roman conquests of Palestine -
rutherford scattering
the scattering of an alpha particle through a large angle with respect to the original direction of motion of the particle, caused by an atom (Rutherford atom) with most of the mass and all of the positive electric charge concentrated at a center or nucleus. -
rayleigh scattering
the scattering of light by particles that are very small in relation to the wavelength of the light, and in which the intensity of the scattered light varies inversely with the fourth power of the wavelength. -
alpha-particle scattering
Rutherford scattering. -
deep scattering layer
any of the stratified zones in the ocean which reflect sound during echo sounding, usually composed of marine organisms which migrate vertically from c. 250 to 800 m (c. 820 to 2,625 ft) -