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specular transmission

[7.5.1]

That process by which incident flux passes through a surface or medium without scattering. Sometimes called regular transmission.

NOTE: This term and its definition were changed in ANSI/IES RP-16-17 Addendum 2. 
Previous name: regular transmission.

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