Albedo

//ælˈbi.doʊ//

Synonyms for "albedo" (4 found)

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Noun(1 words)

Related words (2)

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Translations

35 translations across 23 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • عَاكِسِيَّة noun (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)
  • وَضَاءَة noun (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)

Catalan

1 entries
  • albedo noun (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 反照率 noun (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)

Finnish

2 entries
  • aluskuori noun (part of citrus fruit rind)
  • heijastussuhde noun (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)

French

3 entries
  • albédo noun (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)
  • albédo noun (part of citrus fruit rind)
  • ziste noun (part of citrus fruit rind)

German

1 entries
  • Albedo noun (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)

Greek

1 entries
  • άλβεδό noun (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)

Hindi

2 entries
  • धवलता noun (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)
  • प्रकाशानुपात noun (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)

Inuktitut

1 entries
  • ᖃᐅᒪᓂᖅ ᒪᓂᕋᒥᙶᖅᑐᖅ noun (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)

Italian

1 entries
  • albedo noun (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)

Japanese

2 entries
  • アルベド noun (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)
  • 反射能 noun (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)

Korean

3 entries
  • 귤락 noun (part of citrus fruit rind)
  • 반사율 noun (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)
  • 알베도 noun (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)

Malay

1 entries
  • albedo noun (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)

Occitan

1 entries
  • albedo noun (part of citrus fruit rind)

Persian

1 entries
  • سپیدایی noun (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)

Polish

2 entries
  • albedo noun (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)
  • albedo noun (part of citrus fruit rind)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • albedo noun (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)
  • medula noun (part of citrus fruit rind)

Romanian

1 entries
  • albedo noun (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)

Russian

1 entries
  • альбе́до noun (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)

Spanish

2 entries
  • albedo noun (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)
  • albédine noun (part of citrus fruit rind)

Tamil

2 entries
  • எதிரொளிதிறன் noun (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)
  • வெண் எகிர்சிதறல் noun (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)

Turkish

1 entries
  • yansıtabilirlik noun (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • suất phản chiếu noun (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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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