ABSORBANCE


Meaning of ABSORBANCE in English

/ab sawr"beuhns, -zawr"-/ , n. Physics.

the capacity of a substance to absorb radiation, expressed as the common logarithm of the reciprocal of the transmittance of the substance.

Also, absorbancy .

[ 1945-50; ABSORB(ENT) + -ANCE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .