Definitions for black body

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  1. black body, blackbody, full radiator(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"


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