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Optical density

(physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation

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Absorbance noun · 86% connection

(physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation

Used in the same subject area: Analytical chemistry, Physics, Chemistry, Sociology, Population and demography.

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Photographic density noun · 86% connection

(physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation

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Transmission density noun · 86% connection

(physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation

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Flux noun · 85% connection

The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change.

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Flux density noun · 85% connection

(physics) the number of changes in energy flow across a given surface per unit area

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Boltzmann distribution law noun · 78% connection

(physics) a law expressing the distribution of energy among the molecules of a gas in thermal equilibrium

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Color force noun · 78% connection

(physics) the interaction that binds protons and neutrons together in the nuclei of atoms; mediated by gluons

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Demography noun · 78% connection

The study of races, as to births, marriages, mortality, health, etc.

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Electric energy noun · 78% connection

(physics) the potential energy of an electric charge in an electric field, or of an electric current in a magnetic field.

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Energy noun · 78% connection

Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; as, men possessing energies…

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Free energy noun · 78% connection

(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs;…

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Fundamental interaction noun · 78% connection

(physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediate…

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Gravitational wave noun · 78% connection

(physics) a wave that is hypothesized to propagate gravity and to travel at the speed of light

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Gravity wave noun · 78% connection

(physics) a wave that is hypothesized to propagate gravity and to travel at the speed of light

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Human ecology noun · 78% connection

the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations

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Interaction noun · 78% connection

Intermediate action.

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Light noun · 78% connection

That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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Magnetic energy noun · 78% connection

(physics) the potential energy of a magnetic field.

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Absorptance noun · 78% connection

a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the…