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| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | (Symbol b used as a subscript) 1. An ideal emitter which radiates energy at the maximum possible rate per unit area at each wavelength for any given temperature. A black body also absorbs all the radiant energy in the near visible spectrum incident upon it. No actual substance behaves as a true black body, although platinum black and other soots rather closely approximate this ideal. However, one does speak of a black body with respect to a particular wavelength interval. This concept is fundamental to all the radiation laws, and is to be compared with the similarly idealized concepts of the white body and the gray body. In accordance with the Kirchhoff law, a black body not only absorbs all wavelengths, but emits at all wavelengths and does so with maximum possible intensity for any given temperature.2. A laboratory device which simulates the characteristics of a black body (sense 1). See hohlraum. (references) |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 4C 41 43 4B 42 4F 44 59 2C 42 4C 41 43 4B 42 4F 44 59 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01001100 01000001 01000011 01001011 00100000 01000010 01001111 01000100 01011001 00101100 00100000 01000010 01001100 01000001 01000011 01001011 01000010 01001111 01000100 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B L A C K   B O D Y ,   B L A C K B O D Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 004C 0041 0043 004B 0042 004F 0044 0059 002C 0042 004C 0041 0043 004B 0042 004F 0044 0059 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3646353745236493859142364635374536493859 |
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