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black body

noun /blækbɑdi/ 2 syllables 10 letters Scrabble 23 WWF 26
Definitions
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 equilibrium”

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