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transmittance
The fraction of percentage of a particular frequency or wavelength of electronmagnetic radiation that passes through a substance without being absorbed or reflected.
This entry is located in the following units: -ance, -ancy (page 13) miss-, mis-, -miss, -mis, mit-, mitt-, -mit, -mitt (page 7) trans-, tran-, tra- (page 15)
Word Entries containing the term: “transmittance”
diffuse reflectance, diffuse transmittance (s) (noun); diffuse reflectances, diffuse transmittances (pl)
1. The reflection of electromagnetic radiation from a surface in all directions evenly.
2. The ratio of the diffusely reflected part of the whole reflected flux, to the incident flux.

Flux is the rate of flow of something: such as, energy, particles, or fluid volume across or onto a given area.

This entry is located in the following unit: fus-, fun-, fund-, fut-, found- (page 2)