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What do you understand by the term Scattering of light?
Define scattering.
Define scattering of light.
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Solution 1
Scattering is the process of absorption and then re-emission of light energy.
Solution 2
When a ray of light is incident on extremely small particles, the particles deflect the light in different directions. This phenomenon is called scattering of light
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