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transmittance

ratio of transmitted to incident radiant flux
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transmittance

Summary

transmittance ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,462 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • transmittance is a type of effectiveness[2].
  • transmittance is a type of physical quantity[3].
  • transmittance is a type of dimensionless quantity[4].
  • transmittance's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-7:2019 Quantities and units — Part 7: Light and radiation[5].
  • transmittance's different from is recorded as luminous transmittance[6].
  • transmittance's different from is recorded as transmission coefficient[7].
  • transmittance's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[8].
  • transmittance's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as 1[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include effectiveness[2], physical quantity[3], and dimensionless quantity[4].

Why It Matters

transmittance ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,462 views/month).[1] transmittance has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] transmittance is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). transmittance. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/transmittance
MLA “transmittance.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/transmittance.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_transmittance_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{transmittance}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/transmittance}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Recommended unit of measurement → 1
    Wurvoc.org measure id → Transmittance
    Subclass of → —
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Mathematics
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P3328]]: Transmittance, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/14009577|transmittance (#14009577)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/281|Wurvoc.org unit"
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