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
Broader: coefficient: a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic | Unrelated: therm: a unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units
Broader: coefficient: a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic | Unrelated: genus coronilla: genus of Old World shrubs and herbs
Broader: coefficient: a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic | Unrelated: kale: coarse curly-leafed cabbage
Broader: coefficient: a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic | Unrelated: book jacket: a paper jacket for a book; a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed
Broader: coefficient: a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic | Unrelated: box office: total admission receipts for an entertainment
Broader: coefficient: a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic | Unrelated: moneybag: a drawstring bag for holding money
Broader: coefficient: a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic | Unrelated: golf-club head: (golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball
Broader: coefficient: a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic | Unrelated: gaddi: a cushion on a throne for a prince in India
Broader: coefficient: a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic | Unrelated: post and lintel: a structure consisting of vertical beams (posts) supporting a horizontal beam (lintel)
Broader: coefficient: a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic | Unrelated: 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