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PRONUNCIATION OF REFLECTANCE

reflectance  [rɪˈflɛktəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REFLECTANCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Reflectance is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES REFLECTANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Reflectivity

Reflectivity or reflectance is the fraction of incident electromagnetic power that is reflected at an interface, in contrast to the reflection coefficient, which is the ratio of the reflected to incident electric field.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REFLECTANCE


acceptance
əkˈsɛptəns
assistance
əˈsɪstəns
attractance
əˈtræktəns
circumstance
ˈsɜːkəmstəns
competence
ˈkɒmpɪtəns
conductance
kənˈdʌktəns
Constance
ˈkɒnstəns
distance
ˈdɪstəns
existence
ɪɡˈzɪstəns
expectance
ɪkˈspektəns
importance
ɪmˈpɔːtəns
inductance
ɪnˈdʌktəns
inheritance
ɪnˈhɛrɪtəns
instance
ˈɪnstəns
persistence
pəˈsɪstəns
reactance
rɪˈæktəns
reluctance
rɪˈlʌktəns
resistance
rɪˈzɪstəns
sentence
ˈsɛntəns
substance
ˈsʌbstəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REFLECTANCE

reflect
reflecter
reflecting prism
reflecting telescope
reflectingly
reflection
reflection density
reflection factor
reflectional
reflectionless
reflections
reflective
reflectively
reflectiveness
reflectivity
reflectogram
reflectograph
reflectography
reflectometer
reflectometry

WORDS THAT END LIKE REFLECTANCE

acquaintance
admittance
advance
amount of substance
antimicrobial resistance
banned substance
court of first instance
focal distance
for instance
in substance
line of least resistance
long-distance
public assistance
remittance
repentance
social assistance
stance
the distance
the Resistance
transmittance
walking distance

Synonyms and antonyms of reflectance in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «reflectance» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REFLECTANCE

Find out the translation of reflectance to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of reflectance from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «reflectance» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

反射率
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

reflectancia
570 millions of speakers

English

reflectance
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

reflectance
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الانعكاس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отражения
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

reflectância
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রতিফলিত করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

réflectance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mencerminkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Reflexions
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

反射率
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

반사율
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nggambarake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phản xạ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரதிபலிக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतिबिंबित करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yansıtmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

riflettanza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odbicia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відбиття
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

reflexie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανάκλασης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

reflektansie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

reflektans
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

refleksjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of reflectance

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REFLECTANCE»

The term «reflectance» is quite widely used and occupies the 48.752 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REFLECTANCE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about reflectance

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REFLECTANCE»

Discover the use of reflectance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to reflectance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Reflectance Confocal Microscopy for Skin Diseases
This book focuses on the use and significance of in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) for non-invasive high-resolution imaging of the skin.
Rainer Hofmann-Wellenhof, Giovanni Pellacani, Joseph Malvehy, 2012
2
Theory of Reflectance and Emittance Spectroscopy
A photosensitive device on a hi gh—altitude aircraft or spacecraft measures the bidirec— tional reflectance of the ground or clouds. The temperature of the surface of a planet is determined by a balance between the thermally emitted infrared ...
Bruce Hapke, 2012
3
Microwave Power Absorption in Low-Reflectance, Complex, ...
Simple sets of equations were derived to describe the absorption of microwave power (MP) in 3-region, lossy transmission lines in terms of S-parameter reflection and transmission amplitudes.
Jayna J. Shah, 2009
4
Russian data on spectral reflectance of vegetation, soil and ...
This report is a comprehensive summary of a wealth of reflectance data published in the Russian literature that has been mostly unknown to Western researchers.
Dieter Steiner, Thomas Gutermann, 1966
5
Vitrinite reflectance as a maturity parameter: applications ...
Includes chapters on the chemical transformation of vitrinite macerals using pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and NMR, FTIR, and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
Prasanta K. Mukhopadhyay, Wallace G. Dow, American Chemical Society. Meeting, 1994
6
Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS): analysis of ...
Equipment; Analysis procedures; Understanding Nirs; Calibration; Nirs technology transfer; Future applications of nirs; Certification procedures.
G. C. Marten, J. S. Shenk, F. E. Barton, 1989
7
Handbook of Near-Infrared Analysis, Third Edition
3.7.2 EFFECT OF RELATIVE REFLECTANCE AND MATRIX REFERENCING Even when we are dealing with “small” particles for which there is no significant inherent deviation from linearity of plots off(R∞), experimental conditions can cause ...
Donald A. Burns, Emil W. Ciurczak, 2007
8
Reflectance Confocal Microscopy of Cutaneous Tumors: An ...
With 1.4 million cases of skin cancer reported in the USA each year there is increasing emphasis on early and accurate diagnosis.
Salvador Gonzalez, Melissa Gill, Allan C. Halpern, 2008
9
Photomodulated Optical Reflectance: A Fundamental Study ...
In the previous chapters, we have developed a model to explain quantitatively how the reflectance of a silicon sample can be modified by doping and/or laser- injected carriers and heat. Going backwards from Chaps. 5 to 2, we have ...
Janusz Bogdanowicz, 2012
10
Remote Sensing of Aquatic Coastal Ecosystem Processes: ...
reflectance, and also amplified the differences between spectral peaks and troughs in a manner similar to suspended clay additions (see below). In the experiment, the NIR/red ratio increased about 40-50% with a white, reflective bottom and ...
Laurie L. Richardson, Ellsworth F. LeDrew, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REFLECTANCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term reflectance is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Analysis explains why sapphire Apple Watch and Edition lag behind …
For the Apple Watch Sport with Ion-X Glass we measured the Screen Reflectance to be 4.7 percent, while for the Apple Watch with Sapphire we measured 8.2 ... «9 to 5 Mac, Jun 15»
2
Criteria ID'd for Diagnosing Skin Cancer With Reflectance Confocal …
Researchers have identified several key diagnostic criteria for reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) diagnosis of melanoma and basal cell carcinoma (BCC), ... «Cancer Network, May 15»
3
Using Variable Temperature and Low Pressure Diffuse Reflectance
Using Variable Temperature and Low Pressure Diffuse Reflectance UV-Vis-NIR Spectroscopy to Study the Reactivity of Ni2+ in an Air Sensitive Metal Organic ... «Azom.com, May 15»
4
Sotera Wireless announces acquisition of Reflectance Medical
Sotera® Wireless, Inc. today announced its acquisition of Reflectance Medical Inc. (RMI), a privately held company that has developed first-of-its kind technology ... «News-Medical.net, Feb 15»
5
Infrared camouflage that sticks
US scientists have developed an adhesive tape that can help objects match the infrared reflectance of their surroundings and disguise them from being seen by ... «Royal Society of Chemistry, Feb 15»
6
A simple method to prevent reflection at optical fiber interfaces
Figure 4 shows measured reflectance spectra at the tip of the optical fiber. In the case of the tip without the SWG, measured reflectance is about 3.8%, but for the ... «SPIE Newsroom, Feb 15»
7
Improved sapphire screens could make Apple change its mind
"A major issue... is that sapphire has roughly double the reflectance of Gorilla glass, so smartphones with sapphire are much harder to read in ambient light as a ... «TechRadar, Feb 15»
8
Why the iPhone 6 doesn't have a sapphire screen
Why not? Screen reflectance. According to Soneira, sapphire screens are intrinsically more difficult to read in bright light and tend to suffer from much higher total ... «ExtremeTech, Oct 14»
9
iPad Air 2 glass cover has 2.5% screen reflectance vs. 8 …
In a new commentary, Raymond Soneira of DisplayMate Technologies noted that the new anti-reflection screen on Apple's iPad Air 2 has a screen reflectance ... «Apple Insider, Oct 14»
10
Extracting surface reflectance or lightning intensity from a single …
Once you have all that, you just calculate the dot product and solve for the reflectance. But getting the normal and light direction mechanically will probably ... «GameDev.net, Oct 14»

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