absorption coefficient

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noun Physics, Optics.

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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Origin of absorption coefficient

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby absorption coefficient

absorptance, absorptiometer, absorptiometry, absorption, absorption band, absorption coefficient, absorption costing, absorption dynamometer, absorption edge, absorption hygrometer, absorption nebula