Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
(physics) the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the body;
[syn: absorptivity, absorption factor]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Absorptivity \Ab`sorp*tiv"i*ty\, n.
Absorptiveness.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
absorptivity
n 1: (physics) the property of a body that determines the
fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed
or absorbable by the body [syn: absorptivity, absorption
factor]