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optical depth  

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  • In physics, optical depth or optical thickness is the natural logarithm of the ratio of incident to transmitted radiant power through a material. Thus, the larger the optical depth, the smaller the amount of transmitted radiant power through the material. (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_depth)

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