Albedo

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Albedo \Al*be"do\, n. [L., fr. albus white.]
     Whiteness. Specifically: (Astron.) The ratio which the light
     reflected from an unpolished surface bears to the total light
     falling upon that surface.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  albedo
       n : the ratio of reflected to incident light [syn: {reflective
           power}]