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Definition of: Raman effect
(rä′mən) Physics
The scattering of monochromatic light by a medium, in frequencies both equal to and other than the frequency of the incident light, because of a gain or loss in quanta during transmission. [after Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman]
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