Explore Transmittance through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like transmission or coefficient. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Transmittance in a sentence
Transmittance meaning
- A transmission.
- The fraction of incident light, or other radiation, that passes through a substance.
Synonyms of Transmittance
Using Transmittance
- The main meaning on this page is: A transmission. | The fraction of incident light, or other radiation, that passes through a substance.
- Useful related words include: transmission, coefficient.
- In the example corpus, transmittance often appears in combinations such as: transmittance or, atmospheric transmittance, or transmittance.
Context around Transmittance
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Transmittance
- In this selection, "transmittance" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, atmospheric, lens, reflectance and model stand out and add context to how "transmittance" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include s atmospheric transmittance or opacity and absorbance or transmittance on the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "transmittance" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with transmittance
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Plot of Earth's atmospheric transmittance (or opacity) to various wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation. (14 words)
Microwaves main Plot of Earth's atmospheric transmittance (or opacity) to various wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation. (16 words)
Improving lens transmittance will also increase exposure intensity and shorten the exposure time required for each process. (17 words)
If a plane wave, confined to the xz plane, is incident on a dielectric with an angle and wavevector then a transmitted ray will be created with a corresponding angle of transmittance as shown in the figure above. (38 words)
Another derivation of the formula, based on a physical reflectance transmittance model, can be found in a 1981 paper by Bruce A. Wallace. citation A third approach is found by starting out with two very simple assumptions. (37 words)
In glasses like soda lime, the compounds added to quartz are used to lower the melting temperature and improve workability, at a cost in the toughness, thermal stability, and optical transmittance. (31 words)
Example sentences (13)
The individual reflectance or transmittance of the domains is averaged if the macroscopic reflectance or transmittance is to be calculated.
Improving lens transmittance will also increase exposure intensity and shorten the exposure time required for each process.
A basic IR spectrum is essentially a graph of infrared light absorbance (or transmittance ) on the vertical axis vs. frequency or wavelength on the horizontal axis.
Alternatively, the entire wavelength range is measured using a Fourier transform instrument and then a transmittance or absorbance spectrum is generated using a dedicated procedure.
Another derivation of the formula, based on a physical reflectance transmittance model, can be found in a 1981 paper by Bruce A. Wallace. citation A third approach is found by starting out with two very simple assumptions.
If a plane wave, confined to the xz plane, is incident on a dielectric with an angle and wavevector then a transmitted ray will be created with a corresponding angle of transmittance as shown in the figure above.
In glasses like soda lime, the compounds added to quartz are used to lower the melting temperature and improve workability, at a cost in the toughness, thermal stability, and optical transmittance.
Microwave frequency bands Rough plot of Earth's atmospheric transmittance (or opacity) to various wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation.
Microwaves main Plot of Earth's atmospheric transmittance (or opacity) to various wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation.
Plot of Earth's atmospheric transmittance (or opacity) to various wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation.
Rats serve as outstanding vectors for transmittance of diseases because they can carry bacteria and viruses in their systems.
The ground reflection of an airborne lidar gives a measure of surface reflectivity (assuming the atmospheric transmittance is well known) at the lidar wavelength.
The transmittance is related to t by:sfn : The factor of n 2 /n 1 occurs from the ratio of intensities (closely related to irradiance ).
Common combinations with transmittance
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- transmittance or 4×
- atmospheric transmittance 4×
- or transmittance 3×
- transmittance is 3×
- transmittance of 2×