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Transmittance
see synonyms of transmittanceNoun
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Transmittance
see synonyms of transmittancenoun
1.
the act of transmitting
2. Also called: transmission factor physics
a measure of the ability of anything to transmit radiation, equal to the ratio of the transmitted flux to the incident flux; the reciprocal of the opacity. For a plate of material the ratio of the flux leaving the entry surface to that reaching the exit surface is the internal transmittance
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Transmittance
see synonyms of transmittance noun
1.
the act or process of transmitting
2.
the ratio of the radiant energy transmitted by a body to the total radiant energy received by the body
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Transmittance
see synonyms of transmittancen.
1. A transmission.
2. Physics The ratio of the radiant energy transmitted to the total radiant energy incident on a given body.
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