black body

noun

1. physics a hypothetical body that would be capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it Also calledfull radiator

Example Sentences

Less than 10 minutes later, the attendants wheeled out the gurney, which now bore a black body bag.

From The Daily Beast

Like a flash a great black body bounded through the air and Bruno's teeth were buried in the shoulder of his victim.

From Project Gutenberg

A juvenile having a black body, yellow dorsal stripes, and a bright blue tail was observed on the forest floor.

From Project Gutenberg

The natives at Chinaj described to me a coral having orange rings on a black body that likely was this species.

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I was released from the spell of that bloodstained black body all mixed up with grey-black mud.

From Project Gutenberg

Male with a glossy purplish head and greenish black body; female grayish brown.

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