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ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber
Example:
absorptance equals 1 minus transmittance
Synonyms:
absorptance; absorption coefficient; coefficient of absorption
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("absorption coefficient" is a kind of...):
coefficient (a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic)
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