"absorptance" in the noun sense
1. absorption coefficient, coefficient of absorption, absorptance
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"
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