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BLACK BODY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does black body mean?
• BLACK BODY (noun)
The noun BLACK BODY has 1 sense:
1. a hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
Familiarity information: BLACK BODY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
black body; blackbody; full radiator
Context 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
Hypernyms ("black body" is a kind of...):
natural object (an object occurring naturally; not made by man)
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