black body

Other forms: black bodies

Definitions of black body
  1. 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”
    synonyms: blackbody, full radiator
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    type of:
    natural object
    an object occurring naturally; not made by man
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