absorption coefficient
See sound absorption coefficient.
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absorption bed
A pit of relatively large dimensions which is filled with coarse aggregate and contains a distribution pipe system; used to absorb the effluent
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absorption
1. The process by which a liquid, or a mixture of gases and liquid, is drawn into and tends to fill permeable
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absorptance
In illumination engineering, the ratio of the absorbed flux to the incident flux.
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absorbing well, dry well, waste well
A well used for draining off surface water and conducting it underground, where it is absorbed.
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absorbed moisture
Moisture that has entered a solid material by absorption and has physical properties not substantially different from ordinary water at the same temperature