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Definition of Blackbody
1. 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"
Definition of Blackbody
1. Noun. (physics) 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 ¹
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Definition of Blackbody
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Blackbody
Literary usage of Blackbody
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"These were obtained by dividing the emission spectrum of each sample by the
reference blackbody profile. The effective emissivity spectra shown in Fig. ..."
2. The Command of Light: Rowland's School of Physics and the Spectrum by George Kean Sweetnam (2000)
"Spectra of incandescent solids fell, perhaps paradoxically, under the category
of blackbody radiation.68 Typically, the historiography of light at the start ..."
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