blackbody

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
blackbody
    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}]
    

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