transmittance

[trans-mit-ns, tranz-]

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noun

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.

Origin of transmittance

First recorded in 1850–55; transmit + -ance

Also called transmission.

Related formsnon·trans·mit·tance, noun

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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, conversion

Examples 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 Singers
Frank Herbert Tubbs

British Dictionary definitions for transmittance

transmittance

noun

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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Word Origin and History for transmittance

1855, from transmit + -ance.