a measure of the resistance to flow of a fluid under an applied force
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Absorption coefficient
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"
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a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the…
Used in the same subject area: Data science, Algebra, Mathematics, Computing and technology, Economics, Mathematical statistics, Econometrics.(statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of…
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Used in the same subject area: Data science, Algebra, Mathematics, Computing and technology, Economics, Mathematical statistics, Econometrics.a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the…
Used in the same subject area: Data science, Algebra, Mathematics, Computing and technology, Economics, Mathematical statistics, Econometrics.the ratio of the drag on a body moving through air to the product of the velocity and the surface area of the body
Used in the same subject area: Data science, Algebra, Mathematics, Computing and technology, Economics, Mathematical statistics, Econometrics.the fractional change in length or area or volume per unit change in temperature at a given constant pressure
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Used in the same subject area: Data science, Algebra, Mathematics, Computing and technology, Economics, Mathematical statistics, Econometrics.the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface
Used in the same subject area: Data science, Algebra, Mathematics, Computing and technology, Economics, Mathematical statistics, Econometrics.the ratio of the electromotive force produced in a circuit by self-induction to the rate of change of current producing it, expressed…
Used in the same subject area: Data science, Algebra, Mathematics, Computing and technology, Economics, Mathematical statistics, Econometrics.a measure of the resistance to flow of a fluid under an applied force
Used in the same subject area: Data science, Algebra, Mathematics, Computing and technology, Economics, Mathematical statistics, Econometrics.the ratio of the drag on a body moving through air to the product of the velocity and the surface area of the body
Used in the same subject area: Data science, Algebra, Mathematics, Computing and technology, Economics, Mathematical statistics, Econometrics.a measure of the resistance to flow of a fluid under an applied force
Used in the same subject area: Data science, Algebra, Mathematics, Computing and technology, Economics, Mathematical statistics, Econometrics.the fractional change in length or area or volume per unit change in temperature at a given constant pressure
Used in the same subject area: Data science, Algebra, Mathematics, Computing and technology, Economics, Mathematical statistics, Econometrics.(physics) a coefficient that expresses how much of a specified property is possessed by a specified substance
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(physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, rate, decrease, intensity, electromagnetic.(physics) the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the bo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, rate, decrease, intensity, electromagnetic.(physics) the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the bo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, rate, decrease, intensity, electromagnetic.electromagnetic radiation that can produce photochemical reactions
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, rate, decrease, intensity, electromagnetic.electromagnetic radiation that can produce photochemical reactions
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, rate, decrease, intensity, electromagnetic.measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun's rays)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, rate, decrease, intensity, electromagnetic.A particular or detached incident or fact of an interesting nature; a biographical incident or fragment; a single passage of private l…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, rate, decrease, intensity, electromagnetic.a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, rate, decrease, intensity, electromagnetic.the electromagnetic radiation that would be radiated from an ideal black body; the distribution of energy in the radiated spectrum of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, rate, decrease, intensity, electromagnetic.the electromagnetic radiation that would be radiated from an ideal black body; the distribution of energy in the radiated spectrum of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, rate, decrease, intensity, electromagnetic.a logarithmic unit of sound intensity; 10 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some reference intensity
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, rate, decrease, intensity, electromagnetic.a logarithmic unit of sound intensity; 10 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some reference intensity
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, rate, decrease, intensity, electromagnetic.
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