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coefficient of absorption is a noun 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". It carries one recorded sense.
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
“absorptance equals 1 minus transmittance”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for coefficient of absorption come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.