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attenuation constant

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: attenuation constant
(ə′ten·yə′wā·shən ′kän·stənt)

(physics) A rating for a line or medium through which a plane wave is being transmitted, equal to the relative rate of decrease of an amplitude of a field component, voltage, or current in the direction of propagation, in nepers per unit length.


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