albedo
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin albēdō (“whiteness”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: al‧be‧do
Noun
albedo (countable and uncountable, plural albedos or albedoes)
- (physics, meteorology, astronomy, optics) The fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body, commonly expressed as a percentage.
- (botany) The whitish inner portion of the rind of citrus fruits that is a source of pectin, commonly referred to as the pith.
- (alchemy) One of the four major stages of the magnum opus, involving purification of the prima materia.
Coordinate terms
Usage notes
Albedo is to be distinguished from reflectivity, which refers to one specific wavelength (monochromatic radiation).
Translations
the fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body
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part of citrus fruit rind
Anagrams
Finnish
Pronunciation
Noun
albedo
Declension
Inflection of albedo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | albedo | albedot | |
genitive | albedon | albedojen | |
partitive | albedoa | albedoja | |
illative | albedoon | albedoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | albedo | albedot | |
accusative | nom. | albedo | albedot |
gen. | albedon | ||
genitive | albedon | albedojen | |
partitive | albedoa | albedoja | |
inessive | albedossa | albedoissa | |
elative | albedosta | albedoista | |
illative | albedoon | albedoihin | |
adessive | albedolla | albedoilla | |
ablative | albedolta | albedoilta | |
allative | albedolle | albedoille | |
essive | albedona | albedoina | |
translative | albedoksi | albedoiksi | |
abessive | albedotta | albedoitta | |
instructive | — | albedoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Italian
Noun
albedo f (uncountable)
- albedo (all senses)
Latin
Etymology
From alb(us) (“white”) + -ēdō (abstract noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /alˈbeː.doː/, [äɫ̪ˈbeːd̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈbe.do/, [älˈbɛːd̪o]
Noun
albēdō f (genitive albēdinis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | albēdō | albēdinēs |
Genitive | albēdinis | albēdinum |
Dative | albēdinī | albēdinibus |
Accusative | albēdinem | albēdinēs |
Ablative | albēdine | albēdinibus |
Vocative | albēdō | albēdinēs |
Synonyms
Related terms
Related terms
Descendants
- English: albedo
- Italian: albedine
- Portuguese: albedo
- Russian: альбе́до n (alʹbédo)
- Spanish: albédine, 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.
Portuguese
Noun
albedo m (plural s)
- (physics, meteorology, astronomy) albedo (the fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
albedo m (plural albedos)
- (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
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- en:Physics
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- Finnish 3-syllable words
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