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LINEAR ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT [2 records]

Record 1 2012-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Radio Waves
  • Acoustics (Physics)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

The real part of the propagation coefficient.

OBS

attenuation constant: deprecated.

Key term(s)
  • attenuation constant

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Ondes radioélectriques
  • Acoustique (Physique)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Partie réelle de l'exposant linéique de propagation acoustique.

OBS

constante d'affaiblissement : déconseillé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
  • Ondas radioeléctricas
  • Acústica (Física)
  • Internet y telemática
DEF

Parte real del exponente lineal (lineico) de propagación o coeficiente de propagación.

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Record 2 2008-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiological Physics (Theory and Application)
DEF

The probability that an X-ray or gamma ray photon will interact with the material it is traversing per unit path length travelled.

OBS

This value basically accounts for the number of atoms in a cubic cm volume of material and the probability of a photon being scattered or absorbed from the nucleus or an electron of one of these atoms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique radiologique et applications
CONT

Le coefficient d'atténuation linéique, ou la probabilité d'interaction par unité de longueur des photons avec un matériau, reflète les différentes interactions élémentaires des photons avec les constituants de la matière.

Spanish

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