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- noun The alteration of the frequency and the phase of light caused by scattering as the light passes through a transparent medium.
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- noun physics the
inelastic scattering ofphotons with subsequent change infrequency andphase ; employed inRaman spectroscopy
Etymologies
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[After Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman.]
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From Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman Indian physicist
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