absorptivity
English
Etymology
absorption + -ivity
Pronunciation
Noun
absorptivity (plural absorptivities)
- The quality of being absorptive; absorptiveness. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]
- (thermodynamics) The fraction of radiation absorbed by a surface to the total radiation incident on the surface. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]
- (analytical chemistry) The constant a in the Beer's law relation A = abc, where A is the absorbance, b the path length, and c the concentration of solution. Also known as absorptive power. Formerly known as absorbency index; absorption constant; extinction coefficient.
Synonyms
Translations
the quality of being absorptive
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constant in Beer's law
fraction of radiation
References
- ↑ 1.01.1 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 9: