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  • noun physics A measure of the capacity of a material to transmit radiation (the ratio of the amounts of energy transmitted and received)
  • noun geology A measure of the the capacity of a saturated aquifer to transmit water horizontally. SI units: m²/s. Symbol: T.

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Examples

  • PICKENS: The transmissivity (ph) of water is very slow and I don ` t--

    CNN Transcript Aug 19, 2008 2008

  • To this height, the air transmissivity is 0.93, which means that most of the heat radiated not “re-radiated” from the surface is dispersed THROUGH those air layers.

    Unthreaded #12 « Climate Audit 2007

  • I consider that so the absorptivity and emissivity as the transmissivity and reflectivity of the GHG are very important for demonstrating that the energy account is in equilibrium.

    Unthreaded #12 « Climate Audit 2007

  • Besides, heat is lost by the transmissivity of the thermodynamic system, not by conduction and convection.

    Unthreaded #12 « Climate Audit 2007

  • Your graph is not for emissivity, but for transmissivity.

    Unthreaded #21 « Climate Audit 2007

  • The fact that the upper layers of the troposphere have a higher value of transmissivity than the layer immediately above the surface explains the dilemma and destroys the argument of a heat storehouse brandished by the AGWists.

    Unthreaded #12 « Climate Audit 2007

  • We know the refractive index for water, but radiative transfer in clouds is determined by a combination of emission and multiple scattering that determine the “bulk” radiative properties of clouds like reflectivity, transmissivity, absorptivity.

    Water Vapor and Cloud Feedbacks « Climate Audit 2006

  • The tubewell system requires the existence of a sub-surface horizon, virtually an aquifer, of sufficient transmissivity to permit extraction of water at reasonable cost.

    Chapter 9 1995

  • Mr. Hullinger also performed studies of transmissivity, reflectivity and absorptivity of alternate materials which could be used in the

    The BYU Solar Cooker/Cooler Steven E. Jones

  • Film-Film, and Film-Film-Plastic construction available with optical enhancements and 92% transmissivity.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

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