nonabsorbing

adjective2

1. •
   That does not absorb (sound, radiation, fluid etc.)

   • Equation 2 applies only to the case of a dielectric nonabsorbing particle and unpolarized incident radiation. — 2001
2. •
   That permits a transition to a different state.

   • To interprest the results given by the fundamental matrix, recall that the nonabsorbing states are states 3 and 4. — 1991