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Where does “bireflectance” come from?

bireflectance (English) comes from English reflectance, from English reflect, from Old French reflecter, from Latin reflectō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.

bireflectance (English): An optical effect in which the amount of plane...

Definitions

  1. An optical effect in which the amount of plane...

Ancestry of “bireflectance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishreflectanceThe ratio of the flux reflected to that incident...
2EnglishreflectTo bend back from a surface; To be bent back ...
3Old Frenchreflecter—
4Latinreflectō—
5Latinrĕ-—
6Latinprōdūcō—
7Latinprō-—
8Proto-Italic*pro-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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