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Categories: Physical quantities, Acoustics, Radiometry
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absorption coefficient  attenuation coefficient  attenuation  extinction  Linear absorption coefficient
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The linear attenuation coefficient, attenuation coefficient, or narrow-beam attenuation coefficient characterizes how easily a volume of material can be penetrated by a beam of light, sound, particles, or other energy or matter. Wikipedia
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The linear attenuation coefficient, attenuation coefficient, or narrow-beam attenuation coefficient characterizes how easily a volume of material can be penetrated by a beam of light, sound, particles, or other energy or matter. Wikipedia
A basic quantity used in calculations of the penetration of materials by quantum particles or other energy beams Wikipedia Disambiguation
measure for the exponential reduction of a quantity along a path due to absorption and scattering Wikidata
measure for the exponential reduction of a quantity along a path due to absorption Wikidata