tyndall beam — noun or tyndall cone |tindəl Usage: usually capitalized T Etymology: after John Tyndall died 1893 British physicist : the luminous path formed in the Tyndall effect by the breaking up of the entering light by the suspended particles * * *… … Useful english dictionary
Tyndall beam — Physical Chem. the visible path of light produced by the scattering action (Tyndall effect) of the particles in a colloidal solution on a beam of light passed through it. [named after J. TYNDALL] * * * … Universalium
tyndall cone — noun see tyndall beam … Useful english dictionary
Tyndall effect — [tin′dəl] n. 〚after John Tyndall (1820 93), Brit physicist〛 Physics the scattering and polarization of a light beam by colloidal particles in a dispersed system * * * ▪ physics also called Tyndall phenomenon scattering of a beam of light… … Universalium
Tyndall effect — n the scattering of a beam of light when passed through a medium containing small suspended particles (as smoky or mist laden air or colloidal solutions) called also Tyndall phenomenon * * * a strong beam of light passes through a true solution… … Medical dictionary
Tyndall effect — [tin′dəl] n. [after John Tyndall (1820 93), Brit physicist] Physics the scattering and polarization of a light beam by colloidal particles in a dispersed system … English World dictionary
Tyndall effect — noun the 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 • Hypernyms: ↑optical phenomenon * * * noun also tyndall phenomenon Usage: usually… … Useful english dictionary
Tyndall , John — (1820–1893) British physicist Tyndall was born at Carlow (now in the Republic of Ireland) and after leaving school began work as a draftsman and civil engineer in the Irish Ordnance Survey. He later became a railway engineer for a Manchester firm … Scientists
Tyndall cone — the murky cone of scattered light seen when a colloid is viewed at right angles to the incident beam, due to the Tyndall effect; it distinguishes colloids from crystalloids … Medical dictionary
Tyndall effect — /ˈtɪndl əfɛkt/ (say tindl uhfekt) noun the scattering of light by particles of matter which makes a beam of light visible by illuminating the particles of dust floating in the air. {named after John Tyndall, 1820–93, Irish physicist} …
