Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun coefficient_of_absorption

1 sense of coefficient of absorption

Sense 1
absorption coefficient, coefficient of absorption, absorptance -- (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")
       => coefficient -- (a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic)