"absorption coefficient" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /æbˈsɔɹp.ʃn̩ ˌkoʊ.əˈfɪʃ.n̩t/ [US], /æbˈzɔɹp.ʃn̩ ˌkoʊ.əˈfɪʃ.n̩t/ [US], /əbˈzɔɹp.ʃn̩ ˌkoʊ.əˈfɪʃ.n̩t/ [US], /əbˈsɔɹp.ʃn̩ ˌkoʊ.əˈfɪʃ.n̩t/ [US] Forms: absorption coefficients [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} absorption coefficient (plural absorption coefficients)
  1. (physics) A measure of the absorption of electromagnetic radiation as it passes through a specific substance; the fraction of incident radiation absorbed by unit mass or unit thickness; absorptivity. Categories (topical): Physics Synonyms: absorption factor Translations (measure of absorption): absorptiecoëfficiënt [masculine] (Dutch), absorptiokerroin (Finnish)

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