"Tyndall blue" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: After John Tyndall, a 19th-century British physicist who first explained the effect and the resulting color. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Tyndall blue
  1. The bluish polarized light scattered in the Tyndall effect. Wikipedia link: John Tyndall Categories (topical): Optics

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