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specular transmittance

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specular transmittance [′spek·yə·lər tranz′mit·əns]
(electromagnetism)
The ratio of the power carried by electromagnetic radiation which emerges from a body and is parallel to a beam entering the body, to the power carried by the beam entering the body.


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Transmission of light through a film consists of two components: * Specular transmittance due to light passing through the material without interaction and * Diffuse transmittance that stems from forward scattering of light.
 
 
 
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