effective thermal cross-section
A fictitious cross-section for a specified reaction, which, when multiplied by the 2200 metre-per-second flux density, gives the correct reaction rate for thermal neutrons.
See also: microscopic cross-section
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 2513 (Nomenclature for radioanalytical chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 2517
Orange Book, p. 218