Albedo

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The fraction of incident electromagnetic radiation reflected by a surface, especially of a celestial body.
  • n. The spongy white tissue on the inside of the rind of citrus fruit.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body, commonly expressed as percentage.
  • n. The whitish inner portion of the rind of citrus fruits that is a source of pectin, commonly referred to as the pith.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Whiteness.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Whiteness; specifically, the proportion of light falling on a surface and irregularly reflected from it: as, the albedo of the moon.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the ratio of reflected to incident light
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