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EU:  INV_METRE

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 76
Symbol: 1/m
EQ label: INV_LENGTH
 
Quantities associated with this Unit

Quantity: fundamental reciprocal lattice vectors
Concept definition: The fundamental translation vectors for the reciprocal lattice.
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [ISO 80000-12:2009, item 12-2.a and item 12-2.2]
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Quantity: curvature
Concept definition: 1/ρ, where ρ is radius of curvature [ISO 80000-3:2006, item 3-1.13].
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [ISO 80000-3:2006, item 3-2.a]
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Quantity: wavenumber (repetency)
Concept definition: 1/λ, where λ is wavelength [ISO 80000-3:2006, item 3-17].
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [ISO 80000-3:2006, item 3-18.a]
Supplemental references: [ISO 80000-8:2007, item 8-6.a]

Quantity: angular repetency (angular wavenumber)
Concept definition: 2π σ, where σ is wavenumber [ISO 80000-3:2006, item 3-18].
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [ISO 80000-3:2006, item 3-19.b]
Supplemental references: [ISO 80000-12:2009, item 12-10.b]

Quantity: linear attenuation coefficient (linear extinction coefficient)
Concept definition: μ(λ) = (1/Φλ(λ)) (dΦλ(λ)/dl), where dΦ/Φ is the relative decrease in the spectral radiant flux [ISO 80000-7:2008, item 7-13] Φ of a collimated beam of electromagnetic radiation corresponding to the wavelength lambda; [ISO 80000-7:2008, item 7-3.2] during traversal of an infinitesimal layer of a medium and dl is the length [ISO 80000-3:2006, item 3-1.1] traversed.
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [ISO 80000-7:2008, item 7-25.a and item 7-25.1]
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Quantity: lens power
Concept definition: Algebraic quantity characterizing the focusing properties of an optical system, thus 1/f where f is the object focal distance [ISO 80000-7:2008, item 7-59.3].
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [ISO 80000-7:2008, item 7-60.a]
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Quantity: volumic cross-section (macroscopic cross-section)
Concept definition: The sum of the cross-sections [ISO 80000-10:2009, item 10-39.1] for a reaction or process of a specified type over all atoms or other entities in a given 3D domain, divided by the volume [ISO 80000-3:2006, item 3-4] of that domain.
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [ISO 80000-10:2009, item 10-43.a]
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Quantity: linear ionization
Concept definition: (1/e) (dQ/dl), where e is the elementary charge and dQ is the average total charge of all positive ions produced over an infinitesimal element of the path with length dl [ISO 80000-3:2006, item 3-1.1] by an ionizing charged particle.
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [ISO 80000-10:2009, item 10-60.a]
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Quantity: angular reciprocal lattice vector
Concept definition: A vector whose scalar products with all fundamental lattice vectors are integral multiples of 2π.
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [ISO 80000-12:2009, item 12-2.a and item 12-2.1]
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Quantity: angular repetency (angular wavenumber)
Concept definition: ω/c = 2π/λ, where ω is angular frequency [ISO 80000-8:2007, item 8-4], c is phase speed of sound [ISO 80000-8:2007, item 14.1], 2π is the phase difference, and λ is wavelength [ISO 80000-8:2007, item 8-5].
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [ISO 80000-8:2007, item 8-7.b]
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Quantity: linear attenuation coefficient
Concept definition: (1/J) (dJ/dχ), where J is magnitude of the current rate [ISO 80000-10:2009, item 10-49] of a beam of particles parallel to the χ direction.
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [ISO 80000-10:2009, item 10-50.a]
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Quantity: linear absorption coefficient
Concept definition: (1/Φλ(λ)) (dΦλ(λ)/dl), where dΦ/Φ is the relative decrease, caused by absorption, in the spectral radiant flux [ISO 80000-7:2008, item 7-13] Φ of a collimated beam of electromagnetic radiation corresponding to the wavelength lambda; [ISO 80000-7:2008, item 7-3.2] during traversal of an infinitesimal layer of a medium and dl is the length [ISO 80000-3:2006, item 3-1.1] traversed.
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [ISO 80000-7:2008, item 7-25.a and item 7-25.2]
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