transmittance
[trans-mit-ns, tranz-]
- Physics. the ratio of the radiant flux transmitted through and emerging from a body to the total flux incident on it: equivalent to one minus the absorptance.
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Origin of transmittance
Also called transmission.
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Related Words for transmittance
transfer, transition, flow, journey, progress, passing, trip, change, movement, voyage, trek, progression, advance, transmission, transit, traverse, motion, tour, crossing, conversionExamples from the Web for transmittance
Historical Examples of transmittance
Music fills all which contains life, and uses all materials for its transmittance.
Seed Thoughts for SingersFrank Herbert Tubbs
transmittance
- the act of transmitting
- Also called: transmission factor physics a measure of the ability of anything to transmit radiation, equal to the ratio of the transmitted flux to the incident flux; the reciprocal of the opacity. For a plate of material the ratio of the flux leaving the entry surface to that reaching the exit surface is the internal transmittanceSymbol: τ Compare reflectance, absorptance
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