transmittance

noun trans·mit·tance \-ˈmi-t^ən(t)s\

Definition of TRANSMITTANCE

: the fraction of radiant energy that having entered a layer of absorbing matter reaches its farther boundary

circa 1855

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noun trans·mit·tance \-ˈmit-^ən(t)s\

: the fraction of radiant energy that having entered a layer of absorbing matter reaches its farther boundary

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