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