transflectance

transflectance is the alternative form of transflection.

Meaning of transflection

transflection (countable and uncountable, plural transflections)

A type of spectroscopic measurement produced by transmitting light through a sample and reflecting it back through the sample onto a probe.
- Because the beam is transmitted through the film and reflected from the substrate, the measurement of the spectra of relatively thick films on metal substrates is usually known as transflection spectrometry.2007, Peter R. Griffiths, James A. De Haseth, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry, →ISBN, page 298

transflection (countable and uncountable, plural transflections)

A transfiguration consisting of reflection about a line combined with translation along the same line.
- Clearly, A", B", C" are not images of A, B, C, under either a translation, rotation, or reflection. Hopefully, it will be possible to find a unique transflection which does the job.1968, Myron Frederick Rosskopf, Joan L. Levine, Bruce Ramon Vogeli, Geometry; a Perspective View, page 236
Synonyms:

glide reflection

transflection (countable and uncountable, plural transflections)

The coining of a new word by changing of the inflectional pattern of an existing word.
- A third means of a morphological nature is transflection, i.e., the transfer of a vocable (usually a verb) from one inflectional pattern to another.1972, Language Quarterly - Volumes 6-10, page 25

What is transflectance the alternative form of?: Transflectance is the alternative form of transflection.

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