Rayleigh-Jeans law
noun
-ˈjēnz-
usually capitalized R&J
: an approximation in respect to thermal radiation: the emissive power of a blackbody at absolute temperature T and at a given wavelength λ is directly proportional to T and inversely proportional to λ4 compare planck radiation law
Word History
Etymology
after Baron J. W. S. Rayleigh and Sir James Hapwood Jeans †1946 English physicist