Term: 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
Candidate hypernym: coefficient: a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic → 1
Candidate hypernym: therm: a unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus coronilla: genus of Old World shrubs and herbs → 0
Candidate hypernym: kale: coarse curly-leafed cabbage → 0
Candidate hypernym: book jacket: a paper jacket for a book; a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed → 0
Candidate hypernym: box office: total admission receipts for an entertainment → 0
Candidate hypernym: moneybag: a drawstring bag for holding money → 0
Candidate hypernym: golf-club head: (golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball → 0
Candidate hypernym: gaddi: a cushion on a throne for a prince in India → 0
Candidate hypernym: post and lintel: a structure consisting of vertical beams (posts) supporting a horizontal beam (lintel) → 0
Candidate hypernym: shimchath torah: (Judaism) a Jewish holy day celebrated on the 22nd or 23rd of Tishri to celebrate the completion of the annual cycle of readings of the Torah → 0