for details; The attenuation coefficient is also sometimes called opacity; see opacity (optics). A very similar approach uses the penetration depth: E (...
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T)d\nu }}.} Look up opacity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Absorption (electromagnetic radiation) Mathematical descriptions of opacity Molar absorptivity...
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Refractive index (redirect from Index of refraction)
time dependence as Re[exp(−iωt)] versus Re[exp(+iωt)]. See Mathematical descriptions of opacity. Dielectric loss and non-zero DC conductivity in materials...
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Propagation constant (category Articles with short description)
the others, and their interrelationships, see the article: Mathematical descriptions of opacity. Propagation speed Jordon, Edward C.; Balman, Keith G. (1968)...
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Electrical resistivity and conductivity (redirect from Conduction of electricity)
For details, see Mathematical descriptions of opacity. Even if the material's resistivity is known, calculating the resistance of something made from...
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Gaussian beam (category Articles with short description)
frequency of the light and t is time. The time factor involves an arbitrary sign convention, as discussed at Mathematical descriptions of opacity § Complex...
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Extinction coefficient (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
of the complex index of refraction For the quantitative relationship between the chemistry and physics definitions, see Mathematical descriptions of opacity...
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Penetration depth (category Articles with short description)
ways of specifying the decay of an electromagnetic field can be expressed by mathematical descriptions of opacity. This is only specifying the decay of the...
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Absorbance (category Logarithmic scales of measurement)
Spectroscopy (TDLAS) Densitometry Neutral density filter Mathematical descriptions of opacity IUPAC, Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book")...
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its frequent opacity. In part it was rough going because of the cumbersomeness of ordinary language as compared with the suppleness of a notation especially...
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Index ellipsoid (category Short description with empty Wikidata description)
Birefringence Complex refractive index Crystal optics D-DIA Mathematical descriptions of opacity Or, in older literature, biaxal. Or, in older literature...
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Blend modes (category Articles with short description)
modify the basic blend modes, for example by applying different levels of opacity to the top "layer". The top "layer" is not necessarily a layer in the...
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Black swan theory (redirect from Theory of Black Swan Events)
short descriptions of redirect targets Perfect storm – PhrasePages displaying short descriptions with no spaces Quasi-empiricism in mathematics Rare events –...
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Mathematical descriptions of opacity Mathematical descriptions of physical laws Mathematical descriptions of the electromagnetic field Mathematical formulation...
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Cataract surgery (redirect from Posterior capsule opacity)
6%—the highest rate in the world. A mathematical model using survey data from sub-Saharan Africa showed the incidence of cataracts varies significantly across...
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but one has no way of determining which produced what effect. Taleb argues this is due to The Triplet of Opacity (an illusion of understanding in which...
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Stellar structure (category Articles with short description)
theory rather than a rigorous mathematical formulation. Also required are the equations of state, relating the pressure, opacity and energy generation rate...
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Map symbol (category Articles with short description)
pattern of distribution of the sub-symbols, often either random or as a regular grid. Transparency or Opacity, the mathematical blending of symbols of overlapping...
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Wave function (redirect from Normalisation of a wavefunction)
quantum physics, a wave function (or wavefunction) is a mathematical description of the quantum state of an isolated quantum system. The most common symbols...
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Theoretical astronomy (redirect from Mathematical astronomy)
formation and celestial mechanics. From the point of view of theoretical astronomy, not only must the mathematical expression be reasonably accurate but it should...
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Moiré pattern (category Articles with short description)
of discussion we shall assume the two primary patterns are each printed in greyscale ink on a white sheet, where the opacity (e.g., shade of grey) of...
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Transparency (graphic) (category Articles with short description)
associated color and opacity between 0 and 1. For each color channel, you might work with this model: if a channel with intensity G2 and opacity T2 overlays a...
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Digital compositing (category Articles with short description)
compositing. It's part of VFX processing. The basic operation used in digital compositing is known as alpha blending, where an opacity value, 'α', is used...
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Donkey sentence (category Articles with short description)
the lines of Russell's theory of descriptions. Later authors have attributed an even larger role to definite descriptions, to the point of arguing that...
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Problem solving (redirect from List of problem-solving methods)
unpredictability[specify] intransparency (lack of clarity of the situation) commencement opacity[definition needed] continuation opacity[definition needed] polytely (multiple...
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Uncertainty principle (redirect from Principle of indeterminacy)
principle is any of a variety of mathematical inequalities asserting a fundamental limit to the product of the accuracy of certain related pairs of measurements...
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Henyey track (category Articles with short description)
tells us the relation of opacity (κ) and temperature gradient T. Stars with high opacity will be convective, while low opacity will be radiative for heat...
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Smart material (category Articles with short description)
include electrochromic materials, which change their colour or opacity on the application of a voltage (e.g., liquid crystal displays), thermochromic materials...
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Sun (redirect from End of the Sun)
it and become solar radiation, sunlight. The change in opacity is due to the decreasing amount of H− ions, which absorb visible light easily. Conversely...
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Gaussian splatting (category Articles with short description)
point cloud. 3D Gaussians: Definition of mean, covariance matrix, and opacity for each Gaussian. Color representation: Using spherical harmonics to model...
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