Transmittance
[trans-mit-ns, tranz-] /trænsˈmɪt ns, trænz-/
noun
1.
Physics. the ratio of the radiant flux transmitted through and emerging from a body to the total flux incident on it: equivalent to one minus the absorptance.
transmittance
/trænzˈmɪtəns/
noun
1.
the act of transmitting
2.
(physics) Also called transmission factor. a measure of the ability of anything to transmit radiation, equal to the ratio of the transmitted flux to the incident flux; the reciprocal of the opacity. For a plate of material the ratio of the flux leaving the entry surface to that reaching the exit surface is the internal transmittance τ Compare reflectance, absorptance
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