American Dictionary

Define dictionary terms easily in our powerful online English dictionary.

Searching for...

No matching words found

Try a different search term or browse the dictionary

Definition albedo in American English

albedo noun

noun
1

how well a surface reflects solar energy: "the fraction of solar energy (shortwave radiation) reflected from the Earth back into space"

Example

Whilst many people don't take the albedo of the ice into account, you can be pretty damn certain that it is part of the prediction models of climate scientists.

Definition albedo in American English