different between albedo vs reflection

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

Alternative forms

• reflexion

Etymology

From Middle French reflexion, reflection, and its source Late Latin reflexio, from the participle stem of reflectere. The current spelling is influenced by reflect.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???fl?k??n/
• Hyphenation: re?flec?tion
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

reflection (countable and uncountable, plural reflections)

1. The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
2. The property of a propagated wave being thrown back from a surface (such as a mirror).
3. Something, such as an image, that is reflected.

5. Careful thought or consideration.
6. An implied criticism.

7. (computing) The process or mechanism of determining the capabilities of an object at run-time.
8. (anatomy) The folding of a part; a fold.

Derived terms

Related terms

• reflect
• reflective
• reflector

Translations

See also

• refraction
• diffraction