Meaning of ABSORPTIVITY

Pronunciation:			'absorp'tivitee
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  (physics) the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the body
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	Synonyms:		absorption factor
	See Also:		physical property
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
	Definition:		\Ab`sorp*tiv"i*ty\, n. Absorptiveness.
Biology Dictionary
	Definition:		A constant used in the Beer-Lambert Law which relates the concentration of the substance being measured (in moles) to the absorbance of the substance in solution (how well the substance in solution blocks light beamed through it from getting out on the other side).