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Absorptance

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance

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Information Class

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Variants

synonym
absorption coefficient
plural
Absorptances
possessive
Absorptance's
pluralpossessive
Absorptances'