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black body

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black body
n
(Physics / General Physics) Physics a hypothetical body that would be capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it Also called full radiator
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Noun1.black body - a hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it; "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"
blackbody, full radiator
natural object - an object occurring naturally; not made by man


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A black body would pop out of the companion, bang would go Saxtorph's rifle, and down would go the black body.
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There's that old buffer you found on the lawn," and he pointed without pretence of reverence at the big black body with the yellow head.
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