Absorptivity

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Absorptivity \Ab`sorp*tiv"i*ty\, n.
     Absorptiveness.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  absorptivity
       n : (physics) the property of a body that determines the
           fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed
           or absorbable by the body [syn: {absorption factor}]