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absorbance

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000020

A measure of the amount of light absorbed by a surface.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000020
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
Synonymsoptical density
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsooptical properties; absorption; absorptivity; light extinction coefficient
TranslationsSpanish: absorbancia
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000020",
  "term": "absorbance",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A measure of the amount of light absorbed by a surface.",
  "synonyms": [
    "optical density"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "optical properties",
    "absorption",
    "absorptivity",
    "light extinction coefficient"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "absorbancia"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/absorbance/"
}

Record 20 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.