absorbance

[ ab-sawr-buhns, -zawr- ]

nounPhysics.
  1. the capacity of a substance to absorb radiation, expressed as the common logarithm of the reciprocal of the transmittance of the substance.

Origin of absorbance

1
First recorded in 1945–50; absorb(ent) + -ance
  • Also ab·sorb·an·cy [ab-sawr-buhn-see, -zawr-] /æbˈsɔr bən si, -ˈzɔr-/ .

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absorbance

/ (əbˈsɔːbəns, -ˈzɔː-) /


noun
  1. physics a measure of the light-absorbing ability of an object, expressed as the logarithm to base 10 of the reciprocal of the internal transmittance: See transmittance

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