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Noun absorption coefficient has 1 sense
- 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"
--1 is a kind of coefficient
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