DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
absorptance
/æb'sɔrptəns/ · æbsɔrptəns
Absorptance has 3 syllables: ab · sorp · tance.
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tance
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noun. 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.
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