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absorbance

noun
/əbˈsɔɹ.bn̩s/US

Etymology

From absorb + -ance.

  1. derived from *srebʰ-✻
  2. derived from absorbeō — “swallow up”
  3. derived from assorbir
  4. derived from absorber
  5. suffixed as absorbance — “absorb + ance”

Definitions

  1. A logarithmic measure of the amount of light that is absorbed when passing through a…

    A logarithmic measure of the amount of light that is absorbed when passing through a substance; the capacity of a substance to absorb light of a given wavelength; optical density.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for absorbance. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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