different between albedo vs diffuse

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 1

From Middle French diffuser, from Latin diff?sus, past participle of diffundere, from dis- + fundere

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?fyo?oz'
• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??fju?z/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d??fjuz/
• Rhymes: -u?z
• Homophone: defuse

Verb

diffuse (third-person singular simple present diffuses, present participle diffusing, simple past and past participle diffused)

1. (transitive) To spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
   • 1837, William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences

     We find this knowledge diffused among all civilized nations.

2. (intransitive) To be spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.

   Food coloring diffuses in water.

   The riot diffused quite suddenly.

Usage notes

The words diffuse and defuse are sometimes confused.

Synonyms

• forspread

Derived terms

• diffuser

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English *diffuse (attested in adverb diffuseli), from Latin diff?sus.

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?fyo?os'
• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??fju?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d??fjus/
• Rhymes: -u?s

Adjective

diffuse (comparative more diffuse, superlative most diffuse)

1. Everywhere or throughout everything; not focused or concentrated.

   Such a diffuse effort is unlikely to produce good results.

2. Wordy; verbose.

Synonyms

• (not concentrated): spread out, thin; see also Thesaurus:diffuse
• (verbose): palaverous, prolix; see also Thesaurus:verbose

Derived terms

• diffusely

Translations

Related terms

• diffusion

References

• diffuse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Duffies

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.fyz/

Verb

diffuse

1. inflection of diffuser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Adjective

diffuse

1. feminine singular of diffus

German

Adjective

diffuse

1. inflection of diffus:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uze

Verb

diffuse

1. third-person singular past historic of diffondere

Participle

diffuse

1. feminine plural of diffuso

Adjective

diffuse

1. feminine plural of diffuso

Latin

Etymology

From diff?sus (“scattered, spread”)

Adverb

diff?s? (comparative diff?sius, superlative diff?sissim?)

1. diffusely, in a scattered manner.
2. copiously, fully

Related terms

• diff?sus

References

• diffuse in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

diffuse

1. definite singular of diffus
2. plural of diffus

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

diffuse

1. definite singular of diffus
2. plural of diffus