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trans⋅mit⋅tance

  [trans-mit-ns, tranz-]
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–noun
Physics. the ratio of the radiant flux transmitted through and emerging from a body to the total flux incident on it: equivalent to one minus the absorptance.
Also called transmission.

Origin:
1850–55; transmit + -ance
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trans·mit·tance   (trāns-mĭt'ns, trānz-)   
n.  

  1. A transmission.

  2. Physics The ratio of the radiant energy transmitted to the total radiant energy incident on a given body.

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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: trans·mit·tance
Pronunciation: -'mit-&n(t)s
Function: noun
1 : TRANSMISSION
2 : the fraction of radiant energy that having entered a layer of absorbing matter reachesits farther boundary
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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