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Definition of Absorption coefficient
1. Noun. A measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber. "Absorptance equals 1 minus transmittance"
Definition of Absorption coefficient
1. Noun. (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. ¹
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Medical Definition of Absorption coefficient
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Absorption Coefficient
Literary usage of Absorption coefficient
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Studies on Solution in Its Relation to Light Absorption, Conductivity by Paul Bell Davis, Harry Clary Jones (1918)
"THE absorption coefficient OF THE SOLVENTS. WATER. The water used throughout this
investigation was the same as that used in the work on conductivity ..."
2. Manual of Petrographic Methods by Albert Johannsen (1918)
"Determination of the absorption coefficient.—It is possible to determine the
values of the coefficients of absorption in different directions in a crystal, ..."
3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"absorption coefficient of diradicals 3 and 4 as a function of concentration at
25° (room temperature) in PMP and at 77°K in PMP glass; «MOO and <«юо of ..."
4. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"In each case the exact point at which equilibrium is established will depend on
the so-called " absorption-coefficient " of blood for oxygen and carbonic ..."
5. A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities: Inorganic by Arthur Messinger Comey, Dorothy Anna Hahn (1921)
"H2S at 25° absorption coefficient of H2S in H2O 0° = 4.6796. (Prytz and Hoist, VV.
Ann. fad 760 mm. (Pollitzer, Z. anorg. 1909, 1-145. ..."
6. The Journal of General Physiology by Society of General Physiologists, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"If the physiological effect is due wholly or in large part to one of these types
of radiation to the exclusion of the other, the absorption coefficient of ..."
7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1915)
"The first to determine the absorption coefficient of a considerable number of
elements for the /î-rays was Crowther, in 1906.1 Crowther found the ratio of ..."
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