Raman effect
Pronunciation: rah′mahn
Definition: a change in frequency undergone by monochromatic light scattered in passage through a transparent substance the characteristics of which determine the amount of change, yielding a spectrum in which the incident wavelength band is flanked by small satellite bands of greater and lesser wavelengths.
[Chandraswkhara W. Raman]
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