different between albedo vs albedometer

English

Etymology

From Latin alb?d? (“whiteness”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æl?bi.do?/
• Hyphenation: al?be?do

Noun

albedo (countable and uncountable, 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, involving purification of the prima materia.

   Coordinate terms: nigredo, citrinitas, rubedo

Usage notes

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

Translations

Anagrams

• beload, doable

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from Latin alb?d? (“whiteness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al?bedo/
• Hyphenation: al?be?do
• Rhymes: -edo

Noun

albedo (accusative singular albedon, plural albedoj, accusative plural albedojn)

1. (physics) albedo

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??lbedo/, [??lbe?do?]
• Rhymes: -?lbedo
• Syllabification: al?be?do

Noun

albedo

1. albedo

Declension

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin alb?d?.

Noun

albedo f (invariable)

1. albedo (all senses)

Further reading

• albedo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /al?be?.do?/, [ä???be?d?o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /al?be.do/, [?l?b??d??]

Noun

alb?d? f (genitive alb?dinis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) white (color)
2. (Late Latin) whiteness

   Synonyms: albit?d?, albor, album

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

• Italian: albedine
• Spanish: albédine
• ? Catalan: albedo
• ? English: albedo
  • ? Japanese: ???? (arubedo)
• Esperanto: albedo
• ? French: albédo
  • ? Romanian: albedo
• ? German: Albedo
• ? Italian: albedo
• ? Polish: albedo
• ? Portuguese: albedo
• ? Russian: ???????? (al?bédo)
• ? Spanish: 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

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alb?d? (“whiteness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al?b?.d?/

Noun

albedo n (indeclinable)

1. (physics, meteorology, astronomy, optics) albedo (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)
2. (botany) albedo (part of citrus fruit rind)

Derived terms

• (adjective) albedowy
• (noun) albedometr

Gallery

Further reading

• albedo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

albedo m (plural albedos)

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French albédo

Noun

albedo n (uncountable)

1. albedo

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin alb?d?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al?bedo/, [al???e.ð?o]

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.

English

Etymology

albedo +? -meter

Noun

albedometer (plural albedometers)

1. An instrument used to measure the albedo of a surface

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