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blackbody

noun

Meaning

  1. 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

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  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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