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Noun: blackbody radiation
  1. The 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
    - black-body radiation

Derived forms: blackbody radiations

Type of: electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, nonparticulate radiation

Encyclopedia: Blackbody radiation

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