thermal radiation

English

Noun

thermal radiation (uncountable)

1. (physics) The electromagnetic radiation emitted from a body as a consequence of its temperature; increasing the temperature of the body increases the amount of radiation produced, and shifts it to shorter wavelengths (higher frequencies) in a manner explained only by quantum mechanics.

Synonyms

• black body radiation

Translations

electromagnetic radiation emitted from a body

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熱輻射／热辐射 (zh) (rèfúshè)

• Finnish: lämpösäteily (fi)
• French: radiation thermique f
• Hungarian: hőmérsékleti sugárzás
• Icelandic: varmageislun f, hitageislun f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: varmestråling m or f

  Nynorsk: varmestråling f

• Russian: теплово́е излуче́ние (ru) n (teplovóje izlučénije)
• Spanish: radiación térmica f
• Swedish: värmestrålning (sv) c
• Ukrainian: теплове́ випромі́нювання n (teplové vypromínjuvannja)