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    COEFFICIENT OF ABSORPTION

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     I. (noun) 

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    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 absorberplay

    Example:

    absorptance equals 1 minus transmittance

    Synonyms:

    absorptance; absorption coefficient; coefficient of absorption

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

    Hypernyms ("coefficient of absorption" is a kind of...):

    coefficient (a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic)

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