doi:10.1351/goldbook.

A00516

attenuation coefficient
Analogous to absorption coefficient but taking into account also the effects due to
scattering and luminescence. It was formerly called extinction coefficient.

Source:
Green Book, 2nd ed., p. 32

See also:
Orange Book, p. 212
PAC, 1996, 68, 957 (Glossary of terms in quantities and units in Clinical Chemistry
(IUPAC-IFCC Recommendations 1996)) on page 963

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