English Explanatory Dictionary

blackbody

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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

Pronunciation

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Word forms

blackbody blackbodies black body

Related words

black hole body in black
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