absorption coefficient

measure for the exponential reduction of a quantity along a path due to absorption
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absorption coefficient

Summary

absorption coefficient ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • absorption coefficient's subclass of is recorded as physical quantity[2].
  • absorption coefficient's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02v_h11[3].
  • absorption coefficient's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300254886[4].
  • absorption coefficient's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/absorption-coefficient[5].
  • absorption coefficient's different from is recorded as attenuation coefficient[6].
  • absorption coefficient's different from is recorded as scattering coefficient[7].
  • absorption coefficient's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/120y8gwd[8].
  • absorption coefficient's ISQ dimension is recorded as \mathsf{L}^{-1}[9].
  • absorption coefficient's IUPAC Gold Book ID is recorded as A00037[10].
  • absorption coefficient's quantity symbol is recorded as \mu_{\mathrm{a}}[11].

Why It Matters

absorption coefficient ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12]

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