Rayleigh criterion

Rayleigh criterion may refer to:

• {{slink|Angular resolution#The Rayleigh criterion}}, optical angular resolution
• {{slink|Taylor–Couette flow#Rayleigh's criterion}}, instability criterion in Taylor–Couette flow
• Rayleigh roughness criterion, surface roughness criterion in optics
• Rayleigh criterion (thermo-acoustic instability), criterion for thermo-acoustic instability
• Rayleigh–Kuo criterion

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