reflectability

English

Alternative forms

• reflectibility

Etymology

From 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.