blackbody radiator
1blackbody — /blak bod ee/, n., pl. blackbodies. Physics. a hypothetical body that absorbs without reflection all of the electromagnetic radiation incident on its surface. Also called perfect radiator. [1700 10] * * * Theoretical surface that absorbs all… …
2blackbody — noun 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… …
3Blackbody — A perfect radiator which absorbs and re emits all radiation that strikes it …
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4full radiator — noun 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… …
5perfect radiator — noun : an ideal black body absorbing all the radiation falling upon it and therefore constituting the best possible radiator * * * Physics. blackbody …
6perfect radiator — Physics. blackbody. * * * …
7spectroscopy — spectroscopist /spek tros keuh pist/, n. /spek tros keuh pee, spek treuh skoh pee/, n. the science that deals with the use of the spectroscope and with spectrum analysis. [1865 70; SPECTRO + SCOPY] * * * Branch of analysis devoted to identifying… …
8Hydrargyrum medium-arc iodide lamp — Hydrargyrum medium arc iodide, or HMI, is a mercury halide gas discharge medium arc length lamp with a multi line spectra emission. The name implies that hydrargyrum, an archaic term for Mercury (Hg), is held as a vapour mixed with other rare… …
9Candoluminescence — is the (archaic) term used to describe the light given off by certain materials which have been heated to incandescence and emit light at shorter wavelengths than would be expected for a typical blackbody radiator. The phenomenon is noted in… …
10Incandescent light bulb — The incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is a source of electric light that works by incandescence, (a general term for heat driven light emissions which includes the simple case of black body radiation). An… …
