absorption coefficient

noun Physics, Optics.

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

Origin of absorption coefficient

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby absorption coefficient

absorptiometer, absorptiometry, absorption, absorption band, absorption chromatography, absorption coefficient, absorption costing, absorption dynamometer, absorption edge, absorption hygrometer, absorption spectrum

Medical definitions for absorption coefficient

absorption coefficient

n.

The milliliters of a gas at standard temperature and pressure that will saturate 100 milliters of liquid.
The amount of light absorbed in 1 atom or in 1 unit of thickness or mass of a given substance.