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bidirectional transmittance

[7.5.3.9] τ(θi,φi; θt,φt)

The ratio of incident flux collected over an element of solid angle surrounding the given direction to essentially collimated incident flux.

Figure 23
Figure 23

Note: The directions of incidence and collection and the size of the solid angle “elements” must be specified.

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