reflectability

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

reflect +‎ -ability

Noun

reflectability (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being reflectable; able to be reflected.
    • 1987, Neil D. Van Sickle, John F. Welch, Van Sickle's Modern Airmanship, page 225:
      Night time results, for example, in an increase in reflectability, which is why a distant AM commercial broadcast station can often be heard at night but not by day.
    • 1997, Joan Gordon, Veronica Hollinger, Blood Read: The Vampire as Metaphor in Contemporary Culture, page 81:
      Such questions as his attitude to garlic and crosses, and his reflectability in mirrors, simply never arise — but he does eventually acquire the power to manifest himself by day.
    • 2013, Tribikram Kundu, Advanced Ultrasonic Methods for Material and Structure Inspection, Section 3.1:
      Second, ultrasonic data obtained with the high frequency SAM can be used for assessing reflectability or texture in clinical echographic imaging.
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