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Whiteness. Specifically: (Astron.) The ratio which the light reflected from an unpolished surface bears to the total light falling upon that surface.

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  1. n. Whiteness. Specifically: (Astron.) The ratio which the light reflected from an unpolished surface bears to the total light falling upon that surface.
  2. n. the ratio of reflected to incident light
  3. Whiteness. Specifically: (Astron.) The ratio which the light reflected from an unpolished surface bears to the total light falling upon that surface.
  4. Whiteness. Specifically: (Astron.) The ratio which the lightreflected from an unpolished surface bears to the total light fallingupon that surface.
  5. n:100 n. the ratio of reflected to incident light