Rhopoint Transmittance (TID) quantifies the amount of light passing through the material and reaching the camera/eye of the observer. This measurement describes the brightness/luminosity of the viewed object and is correlated to how one perceives the quality of the material.
Total Transmittance from a traditional instrument quantifies absorption within the material and is not related to its appearance to an observer.
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