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    BLACKBODY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on itplay

    Example:

    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

    Synonyms:

    black body; blackbody; full radiator

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

    Hypernyms ("blackbody" is a kind of...):

    natural object (an object occurring naturally; not made by man)

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