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Noun: blackbody
  1. A hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
    "a blackbody maintained at a constant temperature is a full radiator at that temperature because the radiation reaching and leaving it must be in equilibrium";
    - black body, full radiator

Derived forms: black bodies, blackbodies

Type of: natural object

Encyclopedia: Blackbody

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