absorberingskoeffisient

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

absorbering + -s- + koeffisient, first part from Latin absorbēre, present active infinitive of absorbeō (absorb), from both ab- (off), from ab (in), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (off), + and from sorbeō (I suck in, drink up), from Proto-Italic *sorβeō (to suck in), from Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti (sucking), from *srebʰ- (to sip) and *-éyeti, from *-yet + with the suffix from Old Norse -ingr m, -ingi m, -ing f, from Proto-Germanic *-ingō, *-ungō.

Last part from Latin coefficiēns (coefficient), from coefficio, from both co-, from con-, from cum (at), from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic *kom (at), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (at), perhaps from *ḱe + and from efficio (I make), from both ex- (out), from ē, ex (out, from), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (out) + and from faciō (I do), from Proto-Italic *fakjō (to make), from earlier *θakjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti, from *dʰeh₁- (to do).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /absɔrˈbeːrɪŋskuːefɪsɪɛnt/, /apsɔrˈbeːrɪŋskuːefɪsɪɛnt/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛnt
  • Hyphenation: ab‧sor‧ber‧ings‧ko‧ef‧fi‧si‧ent

Noun

absorberingskoeffisient m (definite singular absorberingskoeffisienten, indefinite plural absorberingskoeffisienter, definite plural absorberingskoeffisientene)

  1. (physics, biology) a coefficient which expresses absorbency (the ratio of the absorbance or optical density of a substance)

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