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ABSORPTION FACTOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does absorption factor mean?
• ABSORPTION FACTOR (noun)
The noun ABSORPTION FACTOR has 1 sense:
1. (physics) the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the body
Familiarity information: ABSORPTION FACTOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(physics) the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
absorption factor; absorptivity
Hypernyms ("absorption factor" is a kind of...):
physical property (any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
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