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Coefficient of Absorption

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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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synonym
absorption coefficient
plural
Coefficient of Absorptions
possessive
Coefficient of Absorption's
pluralpossessive
Coefficient of Absorptions'