Tyndall effect

Definitions of Tyndall effect
  1. 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
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    optical phenomenon
    a physical phenomenon related to or involving light
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