ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance
   • the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber
   Synonym(s)
   • absorptance (what does absorptance mean?)
   • coefficient of absorption (what does coefficient of absorption mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • absorptance equals 1 minus tran
   Hypernyms(s) absorption coefficient is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • coefficient (what does coefficient mean?)