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albedo

Noun

al=be=do

WORDNET DICTIONARY

albedo(n = noun.linkdef) reflective power - the ratio of reflected to incident light; Array

is a kind of ratio

albedo, n. [L., fr. albus white.].

Whiteness. [1913 Webster]

albedo, n. (pl. -os) the proportion of light or radiation reflected by a surface, esp. of a planet or moon.

Etymology

eccl.L, = whiteness, f. L albus white

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