air equivalent

American  

noun

Physics.

1. a measure of the effectiveness of a material in absorbing nuclear radiation, expressed as the thickness of an air layer (at 0° C and 1 atmosphere) causing the same absorption.

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Example Sentences

The rate of interest is usually expressed as a percent per year, and is calculated by using the decimal equivalent of the percent.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

We usually express rate of interest as a percent per year, and we calculate it by using the decimal equivalent of the percent.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

As a general rule one should convert the percent values to its decimal equivalent multiplier.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

The correctness of this rule may be shown as follows: Suppose the rivet diameter to be 7⁄8 inch = decimal equivalent .875, and its area will be .6013 square inch.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

Tonnage table, hundredweight, quarters, and pounds expressed as decimal equivalent of a gross ton for use with the Monroe adding-calculator.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1962 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office