Albedo is an English word with synonyms like ratio. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Albedo meaning
- The fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body, commonly expressed as a percentage.
- The whitish inner portion of the rind of citrus fruits that is a source of pectin, commonly referred to as the pith.
- One of the four major stages of the magnum opus, involving purification of the prima materia.
Synonyms of Albedo
Using Albedo
- The main meaning on this page is: The fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body, commonly expressed as a percentage. | The whitish inner portion of the rind of citrus fruits that is a source of pectin, commonly referred to as the pith. | One of the four major stages of the magnum opus, involving purification of the prima materia.
- Useful related words include: reflective power, ratio.
- In the example corpus, albedo often appears in combinations such as: the albedo, albedo of, an albedo.
Context around Albedo
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 8 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Albedo
- In this selection, "albedo" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sky, ice, terrestrial, temperature, changes and effects stand out and add context to how "albedo" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a low albedo that is and albedo can then. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "albedo" sits close to words such as adil, agra and amicably, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with albedo
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Swirls are enigmatic albedo ( associated with local magnetic anomalies. (9 words)
Satellite imagery startup Albedo is preparing for its up-close-and-personal debut. (13 words)
Albedo–temperature feedback When an area's albedo changes due to snowfall, a snow–temperature feedback results. (17 words)
Scientists had already understood that restoring tree cover led to changes in albedo - the amount of solar radiation bounced back off the planet's surface - but didn't have the tools to account for it, she said. (37 words)
Because insolation plays such a big role in the heating and cooling effects of albedo, high insolation areas like the tropics will tend to show a more pronounced fluctuation in local temperature when local albedo changes. (36 words)
He said Booz Allen intends to take an active role in working with Albedo to bring its technology to defense and intelligence users, as well as civilian applications like climate, infrastructure, agriculture, energy, and urban planning. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Albedo can then be given as: : Directional-hemispherical reflectance is sometimes referred to as black-sky albedo and bi-hemispherical reflectance as white-sky albedo.
Examples of terrestrial albedo effects Illumination Although the albedo–temperature effect is best known in colder, whiter regions on Earth, the maximum albedo is actually found in the tropics where year-round illumination is greater.
Albedo is derived from Latin albedo "whiteness" (or reflected sunlight) in turn from albus "white", is the diffuse reflectivity or reflecting power of a surface.
Albedo–temperature feedback When an area's albedo changes due to snowfall, a snow–temperature feedback results.
A simple example is the ice-albedo positive feedback loop whereby melting snow exposes more dark ground (of lower albedo ), which in turn absorbs heat and causes more snow to melt.
Because insolation plays such a big role in the heating and cooling effects of albedo, high insolation areas like the tropics will tend to show a more pronounced fluctuation in local temperature when local albedo changes.
Dust-Ice Albedo A new paper published in 2016 suggests that the glacial-interglacial cycle is primarily controlled by albedo.
Most land areas are in an albedo range of 0.1 to 0.4. citation The average albedo of Earth is about 0.3.
Other types of albedo Single-scattering albedo is used to define scattering of electromagnetic waves on small particles.
So, a planet with a low albedo that is close to its star can appear brighter than a planet with high albedo that is far from the star.
Swirls are enigmatic albedo ( associated with local magnetic anomalies.
That’s the albedo effect that we’ve heard about in Al Gore’s film and everybody talks about.
To most, Albedo is the known as the genius but reclusive Alchemist who leads the Investigation Team of the Knights of Favonius.
Against that concern, Haddad and other supporters of Albedo’s technology say real benefits must be weighed, especially when it comes to fighting disasters and saving lives.
He said Booz Allen intends to take an active role in working with Albedo to bring its technology to defense and intelligence users, as well as civilian applications like climate, infrastructure, agriculture, energy, and urban planning.
In July, two heat waves ate away at the snowfall in the western area of the ice sheet, depleting its ability to reflect sunlight, known as albedo.
Satellite imagery startup Albedo is preparing for its up-close-and-personal debut.
Scientists had already understood that restoring tree cover led to changes in albedo - the amount of solar radiation bounced back off the planet's surface - but didn't have the tools to account for it, she said.
The instruments also discern what's affecting albedo: snow-grain size, dust or soot contamination, or both.
Now, one fan has brought to life the right hand to Ooal Gown, Albedo, who is constantly looking to both fulfill the whims of her master while settling down with him.
Common combinations with albedo
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the albedo 9×
- albedo of 9×
- an albedo 8×
- albedo and 7×
- albedo is 7×
- of albedo 5×
- low albedo 5×
- albedo as 4×
- optical albedo 4×
- albedo changes 3×