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6-letter words (2 found)

ALBEDO,DOABLE,

5-letter words (9 found)

ABLED,ABODE,ADOBE,ALOED,BALED,BLADE,BODLE,DOBLA,LOBED,

4-letter words (33 found)

ABED,ABLE,ALBE,ALOD,ALOE,BADE,BAEL,BALD,BALE,BEAD,BEAL,BLAD,BLAE,BLED,BODE,BOLA,BOLD,BOLE,DALE,DEAL,DELO,DOAB,DOBE,DOLE,LADE,LEAD,LOAD,LOBE,LODE,ODAL,ODEA,OLDE,OLEA,

3-letter words (33 found)

ABO,ADO,ALB,ALE,BAD,BAE,BAL,BAO,BED,BEL,BOA,BOD,DAB,DAE,DAL,DEB,DEL,DOB,DOE,DOL,ELD,LAB,LAD,LEA,LED,LOB,LOD,OBA,OBE,ODA,ODE,OLD,OLE,

2-letter words (18 found)

AB,AD,AE,AL,BA,BE,BO,DA,DE,DO,EA,ED,EL,LA,LO,OB,OD,OE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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Definitions and meaning of albedo

albedo

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin albēdō (“whiteness”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

albedo (countable and uncountable, 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, involving purification of the prima materia.
    Synonym: leucosis
    Coordinate terms: nigredo, citrinitas, rubedo

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

Translations

References

  • “albedo”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

  • beload, doable

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from Latin albēdō (“whiteness”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [alˈbedo]
  • Rhymes: -edo
  • Hyphenation: al‧be‧do

Noun

albedo (accusative singular albedon, plural albedoj, accusative plural albedojn)

  1. (physics) albedo

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin albēdō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑlbedo/, [ˈɑ̝lbe̞do̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlbedo
  • Syllabification(key): al‧be‧do

Noun

albedo

  1. albedo

Declension

Further reading

  • “albedo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Italian

Alternative forms

  • albedine

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin albēdō.

Noun

albedo f (invariable)

  1. albedo (all senses)

Further reading

  • albedo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /alˈbeː.doː/, [äɫ̪ˈbeːd̪oː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈbe.do/, [älˈbɛːd̪o]

Noun

albēdō f (genitive albēdinis); third declension

  1. (Late Latin) white (color)
  2. (Late Latin) whiteness
    Synonyms: albitūdō, albor, album

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

  • Italian: albedine
  • Spanish: albédine
  • → Catalan: albedo
  • → English: albedo
    • → Japanese: アルベド (arubedo)
  • Esperanto: albedo
  • → French: albédo
    • → Romanian: albedo
  • → German: Albedo
  • → Italian: albedo
  • → Polish: albedo
  • → Portuguese: albedo
  • → Russian: альбе́до (alʹbédo)
  • → Spanish: 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.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin albēdō. First attested in 1908.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈbɛ.dɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛdɔ
  • Syllabification: al‧be‧do

Noun

albedo n (indeclinable)

  1. (physics, meteorology, astronomy, optics) albedo (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)
    niskie/małe albedo ― a low albedo
    wysokie albedo ― a high albedo
    ziemskie albedo/albedo Ziemi ― the albedo of the Earth
    albedo wynosi ileś ― an albedo reaches/is/amounts
    albedo neutronów ― the albedo of neutrons
    albedo powierzchni ― the albedo of a surface
    albedo planety ― the albedo of a planet
    albedo śniegu ― the albedo of a snow
    wartość albedo ― the value of an albedo
    wielkości albedo ― the magnitude of an albedo
  2. (botany) albedo (part of citrus fruit rind)

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • albedo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

albedo m (plural albedos)

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French albédo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈbe.do/

Noun

albedo n (uncountable)

  1. albedo

Declension

Further reading

  • albedo in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin albēdō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈbedo/ [alˈβ̞e.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -edo
  • Syllabification: al‧be‧do

Noun

albedo m (plural albedos)

  1. (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

Source: wiktionary.org