blackbody

See also: black body

English

Alternative forms

• black body

Pronunciation

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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

Coordinate terms

• graybody

Related terms

• black hole

Translations

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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑體／黑体 (zh) (hēitǐ)

• Finnish: musta kappale (fi)
• French: corps noir (fr) m
• German: schwarzer Körper m
• Greek: μέλαν σώμα n (mélan sóma)
• Hindi: कृष्णिका (hi) (kŕṣṇikā)
• Japanese: 黒体 (ja) (こくたい, kokutai)
• Korean: 흑체(黑體) (ko) (heukche)
• Polish: ciało doskonale czarne (pl) n
• Russian: чёрное те́ло n (čórnoje télo)
• Spanish: cuerpo negro (es) m
• Swedish: svartkropp
• Thai: วัตถุดำ (wát-tù-dam)

See also

• body in black