albedo

See also: Albedo and albédo

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin albēdō (“whiteness”).

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

albedo (plural albedos or albedoes)

1. (physics, meteorology, astronomy) The fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body, commonly expressed as a percentage.
2. (biology) The whitish inner portion of the rind of citrus fruits that is a source of pectin, commonly referred to as the pith.

Usage notesEdit

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

TranslationsEdit

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

AnagramsEdit

• beload, doable

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ItalianEdit

NounEdit

albedo f (invariable)

1. albedo (all senses)

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

albēdō f (genitive albēdinis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) white color, whiteness

InflectionEdit

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	albēdō	albēdinēs
genitive	albēdinis	albēdinum
dative	albēdinī	albēdinibus
accusative	albēdinem	albēdinēs
ablative	albēdine	albēdinibus
vocative	albēdō	albēdinēs

SynonymsEdit

• (whiteness): albitūdō, albor, album

Related termsEdit

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

DescendantsEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

• 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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PortugueseEdit

NounEdit

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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SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin albēdō.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /alˈbedo/, [alˈbeðo]

NounEdit

albedo m (plural albedos)

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

Further readingEdit

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