Associations to the word «Blackbody»

Wiktionary

BLACKBODY, noun. (physics) a theoretical body, approximated by a hole in a hollow black sphere, that absorbs all incident electromagnetic radiation and reflects none; it has a characteristic emission spectrum

Dictionary definition

BLACKBODY, noun. A hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it; "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".

Wise words

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