Attenuation of an ionising radiation field by intervening material. A shield can reduce external exposure without preventing contamination from a released radioactive substance.
A factor accounting for scattered radiation that contributes to a specified response beyond the uncollided exponential attenuation. It depends on material, geometry, spectrum and the response being counted; is a stipulated simple model, not a universal law.

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