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Definition of Blackbody radiation
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Electromagnetic Radiation, Electromagnetic Wave, Nonparticulate Radiation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blackbody Radiation
Literary usage of Blackbody radiation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Priorities in Space Science Enabled by Nuclear Power And Propulsion by Ssb (2006)
"blackbody radiation from the cosmic background is observed at radio, millimeter,
and submillimeter wavelengths. Cosmic radiation: Atomic nuclei, ..."
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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