absorption coefficient

English

Alternative forms

• absorption factor

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈsɔɹp.ʃn̩ ˌkoʊ.əˈfɪʃ.n̩t/, /æbˈzɔɹp.ʃn̩ ˌkoʊ.əˈfɪʃ.n̩t/, /əbˈzɔɹp.ʃn̩ ˌkoʊ.əˈfɪʃ.n̩t/, /əbˈsɔɹp.ʃn̩ ˌkoʊ.əˈfɪʃ.n̩t/

Noun

absorption coefficient (plural absorption coefficients)

1. (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; absorptivity.

Translations

measure of absorption

Dutch: absorptiecoëfficiënt (nl) m Finnish: absorptiokerroin