nonabsorbing

Adjective

nonabsorbing (comparative more nonabsorbing, superlative most nonabsorbing)

1. That does not absorb (sound, radiation, fluid etc.)
   • Equation 2 applies only to the case of a dielectric nonabsorbing particle and unpolarized incident radiation.2001, Jill M. Olinger, Peter R. Griffiths, Thorsten Burger, “Theory of Diffuse Reflection in the NIR Region”, in Donald A. Burns, Emil W. Ciurczak, editor, Handbook of Near-Infrared Analysis, page 42
   • Another simple, but practically important, case is one of the nonabsorbing film of thickness d₁ on the absorbing film of thickness d₂ over a nonabsorbing substrate.2012, Milan Milosevic, Internal Reflection and ATR Spectroscopy
2. That permits a transition to a different state.
   • To interprest the results given by the fundamental matrix, recall that the nonabsorbing states are states 3 and 4.1991, Robert E. Markland, Topics in Management Science, page 553
   • A matrix C where C = NR determines the probability that the chain will enter a particular absorbing state having begun in a given nonabsorbing state.2015, Carla C. Morris, Robert M. Stark, Finite Mathematics: Models and Applications, page 307