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English noun: absorptance

1. absorptance (quantity) 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


SamplesAbsorptance equals 1 minus transmittance.


Synonymsabsorption coefficient, coefficient of absorption


Broader (hypernym)coefficient









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