See absorbance in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"lang_code": "et",
"sense": "logarithmic measure",
"word": "neelduvus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "logarithmic measure",
"word": "absorbanssi"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "logarithmic measure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Absorbanz"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "logarithmic measure",
"word": "absorbans"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "logarithmic measure",
"word": "absorbansi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "logarithmic measure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "assorbanza"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "logarithmic measure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "absorbanță"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "logarithmic measure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "apsorpcija"
}
],
"word": "absorbance"
}
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