The ratio of absorbed to incident radiation.
[ABSORPT(ION) + -ANCE.]
absorptance
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In illumination engineering, the ratio of the absorbed flux to the incident flux.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
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
Synonyms: absorption coefficient, coefficient of absorption
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