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TRANSMITTANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does transmittance mean?
• TRANSMITTANCE (noun)
The noun TRANSMITTANCE has 1 sense:
1. the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance
Familiarity information: TRANSMITTANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
transmission; transmittance
Hypernyms ("transmittance" is a kind of...):
coefficient (a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic)
Context examples
Analysis of the absorption or transmittance of light in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum by a specific compound.
(Photometry/Spectrum Analysis, Visible Light, NCI Thesaurus)
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