albedo

From Latin albēdō (“whiteness”).

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

albedo (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.

Alchemy

• nigredo
• citrinitas
• rubedo

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

• beload, doable

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlbedo/, [ˈɑlbe̞do̞]
• Hyphenation: al‧be‧do

albedo

1. albedo

albedo f (invariable)

1. albedo (all senses)

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

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

albēdō f (genitive albēdinis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) white color, whiteness

Third declension.

• (whiteness): albitūdō, albor, album

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

• 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

albedo m (plural albedos)

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

From Latin albēdō.

• IPA^(key): /alˈbedo/, [alˈβeðo]

albedo m (plural albedos)

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

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