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Tyn·dall effect (tin′dəl)

Physics the scattering and polarization of a light beam by colloidal particles in a dispersed system

Etymology: after John Tyndall (1820-93), Brit physicist

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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