Definition of Albedoes

1. albedo [n] - See also: albedo

Lexicographical Neighbors of Albedoes

albarium
albariza
albas
albaspine
albaspines
albata
albatas
albatross
albatross around one's neck
albatross round one's neck
albatrosses
albe
albedo
albedo feature
albedo retinae
albedoes (current term)
albedometer
albedometers
albedos
albeit
albendazole
albendazoles
alberghi
albergo
alberta
albertite
albertites
albertosaurus
alberts
albertype

Literary usage of Albedoes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to Astronomy by Forest Ray Moulton (1916)
"... albedoes and Atmospheres of Mercury Venus. — The albedo of a body is the ratio of the light it reflects to that which it receives. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"PW Very: The Spherical albedoes of the Planets. 30. LA Bauer: Note on the Rotation Periods of the Planets. 31. CC Crump: Preliminary Note on the Spectrum of ..."

3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1895)
"... October 1892); so I think it will be fair to assume the albedoes of the bulb and of the white paper about equal, or perhaps the reflective power of the ..."

4. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific by Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1902)
"especially since we know from Professor BARNARD'S measures on the four brightest asteroids that their albedoes vary greatly. Following are the results of ..."

5. The Observatory (1902)
"... albedoes—0-656, 0-715, 0-405, 0-266, that of Jupiter being 0-624— conform accurately to my own estimates of the relative lustre of these several objects ..."

6. Mars as the Abode of Life by Percival Lowell (1908)
"albedoes OF THE PLANETS The albedoes of the several planets, according to the latest determinations, those by Miiller at Potsdam, together with that found ..."

7. The Evolution of Worlds by Percival Lowell (1909)
"The fact may not be stated dogmatically, as there is no astronomic determination so uncertain as this one of determining albedoes, and therefore Herr ..."

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