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ab⋅sorb⋅ance

  [ab-sawr-buhns, -zawr-]
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–noun Physics.
the capacity of a substance to absorb radiation, expressed as the common logarithm of the reciprocal of the transmittance of the substance.
Also, ab⋅sorb⋅an⋅cy.

Origin:
1945–50; absorb(ent) + -ance
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Main Entry: ab·sor·bance
Pronunciation: &b-'sor-b&n(t)s, -'zor-
Function: noun
: the ability of a solution or a layer of a substance toabsorb radiation that is expressed mathematically as the negative common logarithm of the transmittance of the substance or solution called also optical density
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absorbance ab·sorb·ance (əb-sôr'bəns, -zôr'-) or ab·sorb·an·cy or ab·sorb·en·cy (əb-sôr'bən-sē, -zôr'-)
n.

Abbr. A In spectrophotometry, equal to 2 minus the log of the percentage transmittance of light. Also called extinction, optical density.

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Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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