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absorption coefficient

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Noun1.absorption coefficient - 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"
absorptance, coefficient of absorption
coefficient - a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic


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