"half-value thickness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: half-value thicknesses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|es}} half-value thickness (plural half-value thicknesses)
  1. the thickness of a given shielding material required to halve a given type of radiation Wikipedia link: en:half-value thickness
    Sense id: en-half-value_thickness-en-noun-OnbZpu0r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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