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absorption coefficient

noun

Physics, Optics.
  1. a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation, as light, as it passes through a given substance.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of absorption coefficient1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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Their results showed that the absorption coefficient differs by a factor of two or more when the direction of light propagation is reversed.

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