Definition of Absorptance

1. Noun. 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. "Absorptance equals 1 minus transmittance"


Definition of Absorptance

1. Noun. (context: physics) Absorbed radiation and incident radiation in a ratio format. ¹

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Definition of Absorptance

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Absorptance

absorber
absorber head
absorberman
absorbermen
absorbers
absorbifacient
absorbing
absorbingly
absorbition
absorbitions
absorbs
absorbtance
absorbtivities
absorbtivity
absorpt
absorptance (current term)
absorptances
absorptiometer
absorptiometers
absorptiometric
absorptiometry
absorption
absorption band
absorption cell
absorption cells
absorption chromatography
absorption coefficient
absorption coefficients
absorption collapse
absorption dynamometer

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