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what does the scattering of light means? give its defination.

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Scattering is the phenomenon by which a beam of light is redirected in many different directions when it interacts with a particle of suitable size in the atmosphere.

When sunlight strikes molecules in our atmosphere, the light is redirected in many directions.


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