optical density
Britishnoun
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The resonant cavity increases the local optical density of states and helps emitted light escape more efficiently.
From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026
The researchers monitored growth through optical density and chlorophyll-a levels to measure how these chemical factors affected cyanobacterial productivity.
From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025
Accordingly, when the optical density of the air changes as a result of its varying content of moisture, the colour-phenomenon undergoes an opposite change in each of the two cases.
From Man or Matter by Lehrs, Ernst
This defect in the eye-lens is somewhat counteracted by a variable optical density, increasing from the outer to the central portion.
From Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications by Luckiesh, Matthew
One other such phenomenon is that of so-called apparent optical depth, which an observer encounters when looking through transparent media of varying optical density.
From Man or Matter by Lehrs, Ernst
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