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COEFFICIENT OF ABSORPTION

Definition:

1. [noun] 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"
   Synonyms: absorption coefficient, absorptance
   
   

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