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| Domain | Definition |
Chemistry | The property of absorbing radiation possessed by all materials to varying extents. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | The logarithm to base ten of the reciprocal of the transmittance. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: ABSORBANCE |
| Specialty definitions using "ABSORBANCE": Dithionitrobenzoic Acid ♦ Kirchhoff's law of radiation ♦ Microspectrophotometry. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Measurement | Bathometer, galvanometer, heliometer, interferometer, odometer, ombrometer, pantometer, pluviometer, pneumatometer, pneumometer, radiometer, refractometer, respirometer, rheometer, spirometer, telemeter, udometer, vacuometer, variometer, viameter, thermometer, thermistor (heat), barometer (air), anemometer (wind), dynamometer, goniometer (angle) meter; landmark; (limit); balance, scale; (weight); marigraph, pneumatograph, stethograph; rain gauge, rain gage; voltmeter(volts), ammeter(amps); spectrophotometer (light absorbance); mass spectrophotometer(molecular mass); geiger counter, scintillation counter(radioactivity); pycnometer (liquid density); graduated cylinder, volumetric flask (volume); radar gun (velocity); radar (distance); side-looking radar (shape, topography); sonar (depth in water); light meter (light intensity); clock, watch, stopwatch, chronometer (time); anemometer (wind velocity); densitometer (color intensity). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| "ABSORBANCE" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ABSORBANCE" is used about 45 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 45 | 50,900 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
absorbance | 16 |
absorbance capacity oxygen radical | 6 |
absorbance strontium wavelength | 3 |
absorbance unit | 3 |
absorbance acetone chlorophyll determination | 2 |
310 410 absorbance nm nm | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ABSORBANCE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | absorbtionskapacitet (absorption capacity, absorptive capacity, absorptive power, absorptivity), absorbtionsevne (absorption capacity, absorptive capacity, absorptive power, absorptivity), absorbans (extinction), transmittansekstinktion (transmission optical density), ekstinktion (extinction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | absorptievermogen (absorbing power, absorption, absorption capacity, absorptive capacity, absorptive power, absorptivity), absorberend vermogen (absorption capacity, absorptive capacity, absorptive power, absorptivity), zwarting (blackening, density, photographic density, transmission optical density), optische dichtheid (density, optical density, transmission optical density). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | absorptiokyky (absorption, absorption capacity, absorptive capacity, absorptive power, absorptivity), absorptiokapasiteetti (absorption capacity, absorptive capacity, absorptive power, absorptivity), absorboituvuus (absorption capacity, absorptive capacity, absorptive power, absorptivity), läpäisysuhteen optinen tiheys (transmission optical density). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | absorptivité (absorptivity), absorbance, pouvoir d'absorption (absorption capacity, absorptive capacity, absorptive power, absorptivity), pouvoir absorbant (absorbing power, absorptance, absorption capacity, absorption factor, absorptive capacity, absorptive power, absorptivity), densité optique la transmission, densité optique, capacité d'absorption (absorption capacity, absorptive capacity, absorptive power, absorptivity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Absorptionsvermögen (absorbencies), absorbierung, Schwärzung (blackening, density), optische Dichte (density, film density, optical density, transmission optical density). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | απορροφητικότητα (absorbability, absorption), απορροφητική ικανότητα (absorption capacity, absorptive capacity, absorptive power, absorptivity), οπτική πυκνότητα διάδοσης (transmission optical density). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | abszorpcióképesség (absorptivity), abszorbancia (absorptivity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | assorbitivit (absorption capacity, absorptive capacity, absorptive power, absorptivity), assorbanza (absorbancy), potere assorbente (absorbing power, absorption capacity, absorptive capacity, absorptive power, absorptivity), densit ottica (density, film density, optical density, transmission optical density), capacit d'assorbimento (absorption capacity, absorptive capacity, absorptive power, absorptivity), capacit assorbente (absorption capacity, absorptive capacity, absorptive power, absorptivity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | absorbanceay absorvância (absorption capacity, absorptive capacity, absorptive power, absorptivity), absorptividade (absorption capacity, absorptive capacity, absorptive power, absorptivity), poder absorvente (absorbing power, absorption capacity, absorptive capacity, absorptive power, absorptivity), densidade óptica (transmission optical density), capacidade de absorção (absorption capacity, absorptive capacity, absorptive power, absorptivity). (various references) оптическая плотность (absorbances). (various references) absorvencia, absorcividad (absorption capacity, absorptive capacity, absorptive power, absorptivity), absorbencia (absorbancy, absorbency), poder de absorción (absorption capacity, absorptive capacity, absorptive power, absorptivity), poder absorbente (absorption capacity, absorptive capacity, absorptive power, absorptivity), densidad óptica por transmisión (transmission optical density), capacidad de absorción (absorption capacity, absorptive capacity, absorptive power, absorptivity). (various references) absorptionskapacitet (absorption capacity, absorptive capacity, absorptive power, absorptivity), absorptionsförmåga (absorption capacity, absorptive capacity, absorptive power, absorptivity), optisk transmissionsdensitet (transmission optical density). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ABSORBANCE": absorbances. (additional references) | |
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"ABSORBANCE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: absorbances, absorbancy, absorbence, absorbtance. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-b-c-e-n-o-r-s" | |
-2 letters: barbasco, baseborn. | |
-3 letters: beacons, boraces, boranes, carbons, coarsen, cobbers, corbans, corneas, nabbers, narcose. | |
-4 letters: abaser, absorb, acorns, anears, arcane, arecas, arenas, arseno, bacons, bancos, barbes, barons, beacon, beanos, boners, borane, braces, broncs, cabers, cabobs, caesar, caners, canoes, carbon, carbos, carobs, casern, censor, coarse, cobber, cobras, corban, cornea, cranes, crones, nabber, nabobs, nacres, narcos. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-b-c-e-n-o-r-s" | |
+1 letter: absorbances. | |
+2 letters: absorbancies, bicarbonates. | |
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