radiative balance

noun

The relationship between the amount of energy reaching an object (or a portion of it) and the amount leaving it. A good example of this is our Earth receiving energy from the sun, and giving off energy into the near future.

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Meanings

nounradiative balance (countable and uncountable, plural radiative balances)

plural radiative balances

  1. countableuncountableThe relationship between the amount of energy reaching an object (or a portion of it) and the amount leaving it. A good example of this is our Earth receiving energy from the sun, and giving off energy into the near future.
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