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English 1 sense of the word absorptance:
NOUNquantityabsorptance, absorption coefficient, coefficient of absorptiona measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance
Englishabsorptance: 1 sense noun 1, quantity
MeaningA 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"
Synonymsabsorption coefficient, coefficient of absorption
BroadercoefficientA constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic / characteristic
Spanishcoeficiente de absorción

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