absorptance
Absorptance can refer to a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber.
Length
11
Scrabble
17
WWF
21
Starts
AB
Ends
NCE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “ABSORPTANCE” Mean?
/əbˈzɔːp.tn̩s/
absorptance has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 sensea measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber
“absorptance equals 1 minus transmittance”
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
11
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
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Definition
a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber
Length
11 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Letters
A, B, S, O, R, P, T, A, N, C, E
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★★☆☆☆ABSORPTANCE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
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★★★☆☆ABSORPTANCE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
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Unique Letters
10
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
B
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGAHIJ
CV Pattern
VCCVCCCVCCV
Vowel Share
36%
Consonant Share
64%
Bigrams
AB, BS, SO, OR, RP, PT, TA, AN, NC, CE
Trigrams
ABS, BSO, SOR, ORP, RPT, PTA, TAN, ANC, NCE
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