Forward Scatter

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Forward Scatter </dt>
The scattering of radiant energy into the hemisphere of space bounded by a plane normal to the direction of the incident radiation and lying on the side toward which the incident radiation was advancing; the opposite of backward scatter. </dd>
''In Rayleigh scattering, forward scatter accounts for half of the total. As the particle size increases above the Rayleigh limit, an increasing fraction of the total scattering is forward scattering. [[/a>|/a> ]]</dd>

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This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use