| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| |
| albedo |
| |
| SYLLABICATION: | al·be·do |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   l-b  d |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. al·be·dos
1. The fraction of incident electromagnetic radiation reflected by a surface, especially of a celestial body. 2. The spongy white tissue on the inside of the rind of citrus fruit. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin albd, whiteness, from Latin albus, white. See albho- in Appendix I.
| | |
| |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
|
|
