Lambert's law
noun
: either of two laws in physics:
a
: cosine law
b
: the negative logarithm of the transmittance of a layer of substance is proportional to the thickness of the layer, the constant of proportionality for natural logarithms being the absorption coefficient
called also Bouguer's law
Word History
Etymology
after J. H. Lambert, its formulator
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