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half-value layer Polenske value Reichert-Meissl number Reichert value resource-based relative value scale saponification number

Main Entry: half-val·ue layer
Pronunciation: -val-()yü-, -val-y-
Function: noun
: the thickness of an absorbing substance necessary to reduce by one half the initial intensity of the radiation passing through it