ALBEDO


Meaning of ALBEDO in English

[ al'bi:dəʊ ]

■ noun ( plural ~s ) chiefly Astronomy the proportion of the incident light or radiation that is reflected by a surface.

Origin

C19: eccles. L., 'whiteness', from L. albus 'white'.

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