albedo

See also: Albedo and albédo

Contents

English

Etymology

From Latin albēdō (“whiteness”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ælˈbi.doʊ/
• Hyphenation: al‧be‧do

Noun

albedo (plural albedos or albedoes)

1. (physics, meteorology, astronomy, optics) The fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body, commonly expressed as a percentage.
2. (botany) The whitish inner portion of the rind of citrus fruits that is a source of pectin, commonly referred to as the pith.
3. (alchemy) One of the four major stages of the magnum opus.

Hyponyms

Alchemy

• nigredo
• citrinitas
• rubedo

Usage notes

Albedo is to be distinguished from reflectivity, which refers to one specific wavelength (monochromatic radiation).

Translations

the fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body

• Catalan: albedo m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反照率 (zh) (fǎnzhàolǜ)

• Finnish: heijastussuhde
• French: albédo (fr) m
• German: Albedo (de) f
• Greek: άλβεδό n (álvedó)
• Inuktitut: ᖃᐅᒪᓂᖅ ᒪᓂᕋᒥᙶᖅᑐᖅ (qaumaniq maniramiᙶqtuq)
• Italian: albedo (it) f
• Japanese: 反射能 (はんしゃのう, hanshanō), アルベド (arubedo)

• Korean: 반사율 (ko) (bansayul), 알베도 (ko) (albedo)
• Malay: albedo
• Persian: سپیدایی‎ (fa) (sepīdāyī)
• Portuguese: albedo (pt) m
• Romanian: albedo (ro)
• Russian: альбе́до (ru) n (alʹbédo)
• Spanish: albedo (es) m
• Tamil: எதிரொளிதிறன் (ta) (etiroḷitiṟaṉ), வெண் எகிர்சிதறல் (veṇ ekircitaṟal)
• Turkish: yansıtabilirlik
• Vietnamese: suất phản chiếu

part of citrus fruit rind

• Finnish: aluskuori
• French: ziste (fr) m, albédo (fr) m
• Occitan: albedo m

• Portuguese: medula (pt) f
• Spanish: albédine f

Anagrams

• beload, doable

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Italian

Noun

albedo f (invariable)

1. albedo (all senses)

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Latin

Etymology

From alb(us) (“white”) +‎ -ēdō (abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /alˈbeː.doː/, [aɫˈbeː.doː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈbe.do/, [alˈbeː.do]

Noun

albēdō f (genitive albēdinis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) white color, whiteness

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	albēdō	albēdinēs
Genitive	albēdinis	albēdinum
Dative	albēdinī	albēdinibus
Accusative	albēdinem	albēdinēs
Ablative	albēdine	albēdinibus
Vocative	albēdō	albēdinēs

Synonyms

• (whiteness): albitūdō, albor, album

Related terms

Related terms

• albāmentum
• albārius
• albātus
• albeō
• albescō
• albicascō

• albicēris
• albicō
• albicolor
• albicomus
• albidulus
• albidus

• albineus
• albitūdō
• albō
• albogalērus
• albogilvus
• albor

• albūgō
• albulus
• albūmen
• alburnum
• alburnus
• albus

Descendants

• English: albedo
• Italian: albedine
• Portuguese: albedo
• Russian: альбе́до n (alʹbédo)
• Spanish: albédine, albedo

References

• albedo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• albedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Portuguese

Noun

albedo m (plural albedos)

1. (physics, meteorology, astronomy) albedo (the fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin albēdō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈbedo/, [alˈβeðo]

Noun

albedo m (plural albedos)

1. (physics, meteorology, astronomy) albedo (the fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)

Further reading

• “albedo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.