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transmittance definition

trans·mit·tance (-mit′'ns)

noun

  1. the act or process of transmitting
  2. the ratio of the radiant energy transmitted by a body to the total radiant energy received by the body

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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