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• absorption band (noun)
  1. a dark band in the spectrum of white light that has been transmitted through a substance that exhibits absorption at selective wavelengths
• absorption coefficient (noun)
  1. as light a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber
• absorption factor (noun)
  1. physics the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the body
• absorption indicator (noun)
  1. an indicator used in reactions that involve precipitation
• absorption spectrum (noun)
  1. the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation that has passed through a medium that absorbed radiation of certain wavelengths
• absorption unit (noun)
  1. a unit for measuring absorption
• coefficient of absorption (noun)
  1. as light a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber
• self-absorption (noun)
  1. preoccupation with yourself to the exclusion of everything else
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