blackbody

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Noun

blackbody (plural blackbodies)

1. (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

Translations

an idealized object that absorbs all electromagnetic radiation that falls on it

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑體 (cmn), 黑体 (cmn) (hēitǐ)

• Finnish: musta kappale (fi)
• French: corps noir (fr) m
• German: schwarzer Körper (de) m
• Greek: μέλαν σώμα (el) (mélan sóma) n

• Japanese: 黒体 (ja) (こくたい, kokutai)
• Korean: 흑체 (ko) (heukche) (黑體 (ko))
• Polish: ciało doskonale czarne (pl) n
• Russian: чёрное тело (ru) (čórnoje télo) n
• Spanish: cuerpo negro (es) m
• Swedish: svartkropp (sv)

Alternative forms

• black body

See also

• graybody