absorption
way in which the energy of a photon is taken up by matter; physical process of absorbing light, while absorbance does not always measure absorption: it measures attenuation (of transmitted radiant power)
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absorption
Summary
absorption ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (117 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- absorption's GND ID is recorded as 4139079-9[2].
- absorption's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85000247[3].
- absorption's subclass of is recorded as absorption[4].
- absorption's Commons category is recorded as Absorption[5].
- absorption's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04y8gj[6].
- absorption's PSH ID is recorded as 3992[7].
- absorption's facet of is recorded as visible spectrum[8].
- absorption's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[9].
- absorption's described by source is recorded as Technical Encyclopedia, 1st edition[10].
- absorption's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
- absorption's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12].
- absorption's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
- absorption's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
- absorption's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/absorption-physics[15].
- absorption's WikiSkripta article ID is recorded as 43485[16].
- absorption's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as molecular-absorption[17].
- absorption's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as absorpsjon_-_strålingsfysikk[18].
- absorption's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 60787371[19].
- absorption's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3865286[20].
- absorption's KBpedia ID is recorded as AbsorptionEvent[21].
- absorption's MetaSat ID is recorded as absorption[22].
- absorption's IEV number is recorded as 845-24-081[23].
- absorption's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2994499071[24].
- absorption's Wellcome Collection concept ID is recorded as w2htf59f[25].
- absorption's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/eb8c1849-6cbf-44d8-a34c-6d2caf54ae65[26].
Why It Matters
absorption ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (117 views/month).[1] absorption has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] absorption is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]