ABSORPTANCE, ABSORBTANCE

  

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ABSORPTANCE, ABSORBTANCE

Specialty Definition: ABSORPTANCE, ABSORBTANCE

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Aerospace

(Symbol A, a ) The ratio of the radiant flux absorbed by a body to that incident upon it. Also called absorption factor. Compare absorptivity. Total absorptance refers to absorptance measured over all wavelengths.Spectral absorptance refers to absorptance measured at a specified wavelength. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ABSORPTANCE, ABSORBTANCE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 42 53 4F 52 50 54 41 4E 43 45 2C      41 42 53 4F 52 42 54 41 4E 43 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01000010 01010011 01001111 01010010 01010000 01010100 01000001 01001110 01000011 01000101 00101100 00100000 01000001 01000010 01010011 01001111 01010010 01000010 01010100 01000001 01001110 01000011 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#66 &#83 &#79 &#82 &#80 &#84 &#65 &#78 &#67 &#69 &#44 &#32 &#65 &#66 &#83 &#79 &#82 &#66 &#84 &#65 &#78 &#67 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0042 0053 004F 0052 0050 0054 0041 004E 0043 0045 002C      0041 0042 0053 004F 0052 0042 0054 0041 004E 0043 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35365349525054354837391423536534952365435483739

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