Meanings
proper nounthe Beer-Lambert law
- natural sciencesAn empirical law that relates the attenuation of light to the properties of the material through which the light is travelling.
Synonyms: Beer-Lambert-Bouguer law, Beer's law, Bouguer's law, Lambert-Beer law
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounAn empirical law that relates the attenuation of light to the properties of the material through which the light is travelling.
Origin
Named after scientists August Beer and Johann Heinrich Lambert.
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