- the change in wavelength of light scattered while passing through a transparent medium, the collection of new wavelengths (Raman spectrum ) being characteristic of the scattering medium and differing from the fluorescent spectrum in being much less intense and in being unrelated to an absorption band of the medium.
- a change in wavelength of light that is scattered by electrons within a material. The effect is used in Raman spectroscopy for studying molecules
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