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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it;
- Example: "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"
[syn: black body, blackbody, full radiator]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

black body n 1: 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" [syn: black body, blackbody, full radiator]