How to Use reflectance in a Sentence

reflectance

noun

• That's because the reflectance of light from the Moon's surface is well known.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 7 Jan. 2017
• That’s the equivalent of a 0.5% decrease in the Earth’s reflectance.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021
• At least during the day—at night, reflectance isn’t an issue.
  — Matt Simon, Wired, 11 Oct. 2021
• What if that blast of nutrients actually changes the color and reflectance of a tree’s leaves?
  — Matt Simon, Wired, 3 Sep. 2020
• This exposes low reflectance material to the south of its peak-ring.
  — David Rothery, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2016
• In these cases, the brightness of the full moon will depend on factors such as the size of the moon in the exoplanet’s night sky, its proximity to the host star, its reflectance and so on.
  — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2022
• Or a male Ramphocelus carbo has barbules that are angled instead of flat, to decrease the reflectance of the feather by scattering the light that hits it.
  — Matt Simon, Wired, 30 Apr. 2021
• That same process also changes the reflectance of the surface, exposing more dark ground and evaporating more water.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2021
• The new paint achieves nearly the same benchmark of solar reflectance, albeit with a slight decrease to 97.9 percent of sunlight reflected.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 5 Oct. 2022
• Also, the glass-like finish of a high-gloss surface creates a significant amount of reflectance, which can create glare and eye fatigue.
  — Monique Valeris, ELLE Decor, 22 May 2019
• Further complicating these feedback loops, more shrubs in turn make for a warmer Arctic thanks to the decreasing reflectance of the landscape, or its albedo.
  — Matt Simon, Wired, 7 Apr. 2021
• Her team, including African researchers, used a light meter to measure skin reflectance in 2092 people in Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Botswana.
  — Ann Gibbons, Science | AAAS, 12 Oct. 2017
• So Hegde and his colleagues are compiling a database of reflectance spectra for different types of microbes.
  — Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS, 1 Nov. 2017
• After unearthing the objects, many of which were unbaked and badly worn, researchers used a technique called reflectance transformation imaging, or RTI to take images of the tablets.
  — Rachel Riederer, Smithsonian, 24 Oct. 2017
• Plus, the premium nylon lenses are anti-scratch, anti-fog and have anti-reflectance coating.
  — Sarah Sekula, Fox News, 7 June 2018
• When the sun shines on our planet, the Earth reflects nearly a third of that light back out into space, but scientists say that warming oceans thanks to climate change have actually caused a drop in that reflectance, commonly called albedo.
  — Eric MacK, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
• One way buildings can earn that credit is to use materials or devices with an initial solar reflectance of 33 percent at installation or 28 percent over three years, Thompson says.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2021
• The technique, called reflectance hyperspectral imaging, allows scientists to identify minerals based on patterns of dark lines in the spectrum.
  — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2018
• For each point, the camera gathers detailed reflectance information across a range of wavelengths, generating gigabytes of data during an hourlong scan.
  — New York Times, 28 June 2021
• Leica’s attention to detail also extends to the lens hoods for its S-mount lenses, which are covered in a velvety material that’s chosen specifically for its minimal reflectance.
  — Vlad Savov, The Verge, 27 Sep. 2018
• Researchers confirmed that the mark was a fingerprint through reflectance transformation imaging (RTI), which combines photographs captured under different light sources to create a detailed virtual model.
  — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2021
• There are algorithms aplenty, geometrical extrusions and something called the bidirectional reflectance distribution function, which is all about understanding the play of light on a surface.
  — Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2018

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024