Noun: blackbody radiation
- The electromagnetic radiation that would be radiated from an ideal black body; the distribution of energy in the radiated spectrum of a black body depends only on temperature and is determined by Planck's radiation law
"The cosmic microwave background is often described as blackbody radiation";
- black-body radiation
Derived forms: blackbody radiations
Type of: electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, nonparticulate radiation
Encyclopedia: Blackbody radiation