Is “Absorptivity” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
ABSORPTIVITY
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Meaning of Absorptivity

/æbˌsɔɹpˈtɪvə.ti/

noun
  1. 1.The quality of being absorptive; absorptiveness.

  2. 2.The fraction of radiation absorbed by a surface to the total radiation incident on the surface.

  3. 3.The constant a in the Beer's law relation A = abc, where A is the absorbance, b the path length, and c the concentration of solution. Also known as absorptive power. Formerly known as absorbency index; absorption constant; extinction coefficient.

Synonyms: absorption coefficient, absorption factor