reflectance

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English reflect

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Latin -ns

Latin -āns

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

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Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā)influ.

Latin -ia

Latin -āntia

Old French -ancebor.

Middle English -aunce

English -ance

English reflectance

From reflect + -ance.

Noun

reflectance (countable and uncountable, plural reflectances)

1. (physics) The ratio of the flux reflected to that incident on a surface.

Hyponyms

• albedo

Derived terms

• bireflectance
• hyperreflectance
• hyporeflectance
• photoreflectance
• thermoreflectance

Translations

ratio of flux

• Bulgarian: отразителна способност f (otrazitelna sposobnost)
• Italian: riflettanza f
• Polish: współczynnik odbicia m inan, refleksyjność (pl) f, albedo (pl) n

See also

• reflectivity

See also

• reflectivity