absorbance (optical density; extinction; decadic absorbance)
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absorbance (optical density; extinction; decadic absorbance)
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(A, D, E) A measure of the amount of light absorbed by a sample. The absorbance (A) equals minus the base-10 log of the
transmittance
.
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