HyperDic: blackbody_radiation

English > 1 sense of the expression blackbody radiation:
NOUNphenomenonblackbody radiation, black-body radiationthe electromagnetic radiation that would be radiated from an ideal black body
English > blackbody radiation: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
MeaningThe electromagnetic radiation that would be radiated from an ideal black body; the distribution of energy in the radiated spectrum of a black body depends only on temperature and is determined by Planck's radiation law.
Synonymblack-body radiation
Broaderelectromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, nonparticulate radiationRadiation consisting of waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields resulting from the acceleration of an electric charge

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