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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
albedo
 
SYLLABICATION:al·be·do
PRONUNCIATION:  l-bd
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. al·be·dos
1. The fraction of incident electromagnetic radiation reflected by a surface, especially of a celestial body. 2. The spongy white tissue on the inside of the rind of citrus fruit.
ETYMOLOGY:Late Latin albd, whiteness, from Latin albus, white. See albho- in Appendix I.
 
 
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  albatross Albee, Edward Franklin  
 
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