"exitance" meaning in All languages combined

See exitance on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: exitances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} exitance (plural exitances)
  1. (physics) Flux (of radiation). Categories (topical): Physics

Inflected forms

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