HyperDic: black_body

English > 1 sense of the expression black body:
NOUNobjectblack body, blackbody, full radiatora hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
English > black body: 1 sense > noun 1, object
MeaningA hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it.
Example"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"
Synonymsblackbody, full radiator
Broadernatural objectAn object occurring naturally
Spanishcuerpo negro
Catalancos negre

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