absorptivity

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absorptivity - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

absorptivity - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  absorptivity
      n 1: (physics) the property of a body that determines the
           fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed
           or absorbable by the body [syn: absorptivity, absorption factor
           ]