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Definition: Absorptance |
AbsorptanceNoun1. A measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber: "absorptance equals 1 minus transmittance". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Absorptance" is a common misspelling or typo for: absorption. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Energy | The ratio of the radiation absorbed by asurface to the total energy falling on that surface described as a percentage. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: AbsorptanceSynonyms: absorption coefficient (n), coefficient of absorption (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Absorptance |
| Specialty definitions using "absorptance": absorptance, absorbtance ♦ Flat-Black Paint ♦ spectral absorptance. (references) |
| "Absorptance" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Absorptance" is used about 2 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% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "absorptance"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | absorptionskoefficient (absorption coefficient, absorption factor, absorption ratio), absorptionsfaktor (absorption coefficient, absorption factor, absorption ratio, absorptivity), absorptans (absorption coefficient, absorption factor, absorption ratio). (various references) | |
Dutch | absorptiefactor (absorption coefficient, absorption factor, absorption ratio), absorptiecoefficient (absorption factor, absorptivity), absorptiecoëfficiënt (absorption coefficient, absorption factor, absorption ratio). (various references) | |
Finnish | absorptiosuhde (absorption coefficient, absorption factor, absorption ratio), absorptiokerroin (absorption coefficient, absorption factor, absorption ratio, absorptivity). (various references) | |
French | absorptance (absorption coefficient, absorption factor, absorption ratio, absorptivity), pouvoir absorbant (absorbance, absorbing power, absorption capacity, absorption factor, absorptive capacity, absorptive power, absorptivity), facteur d'absorption (absorption coefficient, absorption factor, absorption ratio, absorptivity), coefficient d'absorption (absorption coefficient, absorption factor, absorption ratio). (various references) | |
German | Absorptionskoeffizient (absorption coefficient, absorption factor, absorption ratio), Absorptionsgrad (absorption coefficient, absorption factor, absorption ratio, absorptivity). (various references) | |
Greek | συντελεστής απορρόφησης (absorption coefficient, absorption factor, absorption ratio, absorptivity). (various references) | |
Italian | fattore di assorbimento (absorption coefficient, absorption factor, absorption ratio), coefficiente di assorbimento (absorption coefficient, absorption factor, absorption ratio, Bunsen coefficient of absorption), coefficiente d'assorbimento (absorption factor, absorptivity). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | absorptanceay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | absortividade (absorption factor, absorptivity), absorptância (absorption coefficient, absorption factor, absorption ratio), factor de absorção (absorption coefficient, absorption factor, absorption ratio), coeficiente de absorção (absorption coefficient, absorption factor, absorption ratio). (various references) | |
Spanish | absortencia, absortancia (absorption coefficient, absorption factor, absorption ratio), absorbancia (absorption coefficient, absorption factor, absorption ratio), factor de absorción (absorption coefficient, absorption factor, absorption ratio, absorptivity), coeficiente de absorción (absorption coefficient, absorption factor, absorption ratio, absorptivity). (various references) | |
Swedish | apsorptans (absorption coefficient, absorption factor, absorption ratio), absorptionsfaktor (absorption coefficient, absorption factor, absorption ratio, absorptivity), absorptans (absorption factor, absorptivity). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "absorptance": absorptances. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-n-o-p-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: carbonates. | |
-2 letters: ascorbate, carbonate, catnapers, coparents, portances. | |
-3 letters: abreacts, acrobats, ancestor, antbears, baronets, bearcats, cabarets, cabestro, cabresta, cabresto, cantraps, capstone, caterans, catnaper, coparent, enactors, opencast, operants, pancreas, peacoats, portance, postrace, probates, pronates, proteans, ratsbane. | |
-4 letters: abaters, abators, abreact, abreast, acrobat, aerosat, anapest, antbear, apnoeas, arpents, atoners, banters, baronet, beacons, bearcat, boaster, boaters, boraces, boranes, borates, cabaret, canapes, canters, cantors, cantrap, capotes, capstan, captans, captors, carates, carbons, carnets, carpets, cartons, catenas, cateran, catnaps, coarsen, coaster, coaters, contras, copters, corbans, corneas, cornets, cratons, crepons, enactor, entraps, esparto, narcose, nectars, octanes, operant, ostraca, paesano, parents, partans, partons, pastern, patrons, peacoat, peasant, persona, postern, prances, preacts, precast, probate, pronate, prosect, protean, proteas, rabatos, rebatos, reboant, recants, sabaton, sacaton, saprobe, scanter, seaport, senator, sorbate, sorbent, spartan, spectra, tanrecs, tarpans, tarpons, teopans, toecaps, trances, trapans, treason, trepans. | |
-5 letters: abaser, abater, abates, abator, aborts, absent, acorns, actors, anears, ansate, antres, aortae, aortas, apneas, apnoea, aprons, arcane, arecas, arenas, arpens, arpent, arseno, ascent, aspect, astern, atoner, atones, bacons, bancos, banter, barest, barons, baster, batons, beacon, beanos, becaps, betons, boarts, boater, boners, borane, borate, braces, bracts, brants, breast, brents, broncs, cabers, caesar, canape, caners, canoes, canter, cantor, cantos, capers, capons, capote, captan, captor, carate, carats, carbon, carbos, carets, carnet, carobs, carpet, cartes, carton, cartop, casern, caster, castor, catena, caters, catnap, censor, centas, centos, centra, coapts, coarse, coater, cobras, contes, contra, copens, copers, copras, copter, corban, cornea, cornet, corpse, corset, costae, costar, coster, cotans, cranes, crapes, crates, craton, crepon, crones, enacts, enrapt, entrap, epacts, escarp, escort, nacres, narcos, nectar, nestor, netops, noters, oaters, oceans, octane, octans, operas, orates, ornate, pacers, paeans, paeons, paesan, pantos, parent, pareos, parsec, parson, partan, parton, paster, pastor, patens, paters, patron, pecans, person, ponces, pontes, poster, prance, prates, preact, presto, probes, protea, rabato, rabats, racons, rances, ratans, reacts, reason, reatas, rebato, rebops, recant, recaps, recast, recons, rectos, repast, repots, respot, sancta, sapota, sapote, sarape, satrap, scarab, scoter, scrape, scrota, secant, secpar, sector, senora, soaper, sonata, sorbet, spacer, sprent, stance, sterna, stoner, stoper, strobe, tabers, tabors, tanrec, tapers, tarocs, tarpan, tarpon, tenors, tensor, teopan, toecap, toners, topers, traces, trance, trapan, trapes, trepan, tronas, trones, tropes. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-e-n-o-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: absorptances. | |
+3 letters: polycarbonates. | |
+4 letters: prefabrications. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 62 73 6F 72 70 74 61 6E 63 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -... ... --- .-. .--. - .- -. -.-. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100010 01110011 01101111 01110010 01110000 01110100 01100001 01101110 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A b s o r p t a n c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0062 0073 006F 0072 0070 0074 0061 006E 0063 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3568858184828667806971 |
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