Definition of Transmittance

1. Noun. The fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance.

Exact synonyms: Transmission
Generic synonyms: Coefficient

Definition of Transmittance

1. n. Transmission.

Definition of Transmittance

1. Noun. a transmission ¹

2. Noun. (physics) the fraction of incident light, or other radiation, that passes through a substance ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Transmittance

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Transmittance

1. Ratio of the radiant power transmitted by an object to the incident radiant power. See: reflectivity. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transmittance

transmission time
transmissionist
transmissionists
transmissions
transmissive
transmissivities
transmissivity
transmissometer
transmissometers
transmit
transmitivity
transmits
transmittable
transmittal
transmittals
transmittance (current term)
transmittances
transmittant
transmitted
transmitted light
transmitter
transmitters
transmittible
transmitting
transmitting aerial
transmogrification
transmogrifications
transmogrified
transmogrifies
transmogrify

Literary usage of Transmittance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Wheat Pricing: Information on Transition to New Tests for Protein by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"... Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) began to use the Near Infrared transmittance (NIRT) technology for determining protein levels in soybeans. ..."

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