reflectance
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- noun
- /rɪˈflɛktəns/
- Specialized
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reflectancia
- Meter your subject directly and adjust for its reflectance vs. 18% gray (or average).
- reflectance and transmittance
- reflectance measurements
- surface reflectance
So light fields and reflectance fields are kind of duals of each other.
- So light fields and reflectance fields are kind of duals of each other.
Examples
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Thus, for example, the digitized image signal at 50% reflectance or transmittance would be half the peak value.
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Everitt found that if the salvinia plants were healthy, their green light reflectance could be easily distinguished from that of other plants.
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What would increase the reflectance off of that window?
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Binary printers produce only two levels of reflectance at any pixel:
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In a printed image, reflectance patches having linear reflectance differences are not perceived by the human eye as uniform.
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After 120 x 10^6 pulses, the reflectance of both samples dropped by more than 30%.
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Soil scientist Jim Schepers measures canopy reflectance from several plants using real-time sensors being developed for mobile applications.
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Everitt began his salvinia research by measuring the light reflectance of giant salvinia and other nearby aquatic plants.
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There is as yet no physically based algorithm to robustly relate forest-level reflectance changes at 531 nm to down-regulation.
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The new solar panels have a high reflectance, allowing them to capture more sunlight.
Synonyms
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9.9
The amount of sunlight a surface reflects, like a planet or moon
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How much light or heat a surface sends back
Part of light that bounces off a surface, like a mirror
Part of incoming light or heat that bounces off a surface
How much light a surface sends back when light hits it
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word reflectance comes from the parts re- 'back' and flect 'to bend', the same root as flex, so think of light being 'bent back' by a surface. Reflectance is the amount of light a surface sends back, usually shown as a percentage.