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BLACKBODY RADIATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blackbody radiation mean? 

BLACKBODY RADIATION (noun)
  The noun BLACKBODY RADIATION has 1 sense:

1. the electromagnetic radiation that would be radiated from an ideal black body; the distribution of energy in the radiated spectrum of a black body depends only on temperature and is determined by Planck's radiation lawplay

  Familiarity information: BLACKBODY RADIATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLACKBODY RADIATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The electromagnetic radiation that would be radiated from an ideal black body; the distribution of energy in the radiated spectrum of a black body depends only on temperature and is determined by Planck's radiation law

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

black-body radiation; blackbody radiation

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

electromagnetic radiation; electromagnetic wave; nonparticulate radiation (radiation consisting of waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields resulting from the acceleration of an electric charge)


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