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conservative scattering comparison table

Subject	is a kind of	has definition
scattering	radiation direction modification	The process whereby light is absorbed and reemitted in all directions, with essentially no change in frequency. Scattering by free electrons was the dominant source of opacity in the early universe.
conservative scattering	scattering	Scattering that occurs in the absence of absorption.

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