albedo
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 6
/ælˈbi.doʊ/(US)
Definition of albedo
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)The fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body, commonly expressed as a percentage.
“For track, painting rails white at weak points that are more prone to buckling (where the 'critical rail temperature' is close to the 'stress free temperature' [...]) increases their albedo and can help slow how quickly they heat up, reducing their temperature by perhaps five degrees or so.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)The fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body, commonly expressed as a percentage.
“For track, painting rails white at weak points that are more prone to buckling (where the 'critical rail temperature' is close to the 'stress free temperature' [...]) increases their albedo and can help slow how quickly they heat up, reducing their temperature by perhaps five degrees or so.”
- (countable, uncountable)The whitish inner portion of the rind of citrus fruits that is a source of pectin, commonly referred to as the pith.
- (countable, uncountable)One of the four major stages of the magnum opus, involving purification of the prima materia.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin albēdō (“whiteness”).
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