blackbody, n.
(blackbodies)
(blackbodies)
a hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
<noun.object> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9
black body blackbody full radiator
sample sentences
"a black body maintained at a constant temperature is a full radiator at that temperature because the radiation reaching and leaving it must be in equilibrium"
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