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GRAY BODY

Specialty Definition: GRAY BODY

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Aerospace

A hypothetical body which absorbs some constant fraction, between zero and one, of all electromagnetic radiation incident upon it, which fraction is the absorptivity and is independent of wavelength. As such, a gray body represent a surface of absorptive characteristics intermediate between those of white body and a black body. No such substance are known in nature. Also called grey body. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: GRAY BODY

Specialty definitions using "GRAY BODY": black body, blackbodygrey bodyselective absorptiontwo-color pyrometer. (references)

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Modern Translation: GRAY BODY

Language Translations for "GRAY BODY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

gråstråler (grey body). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

grijze straler (grey body). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

harmaa kappale (grey body). (various references)

   

French

  

corps gris (grey body). (various references)

   

German

  

grauer Strahler (grey body). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

τεφρό σώμα (grey body). (various references)

   

Italian

  

corpo grigio (grey body). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aygray odybay

   

Portuguese

  

corpo cinzento (grey body). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

cuerpo gris (grey body). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

grå kropp (grey body). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: GRAY BODY

Misspellings

"GRAY BODY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: grey body. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: GRAY BODY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-d-g-o-r-y-y"

-2 letters: boyard, byroad.

-3 letters: board, boyar, broad, dobra, grody.

-4 letters: bard, boar, body, bogy, bora, brad, brag, bray, dago, darb, doby, dogy, dory, drab, drag, dray, gaby, garb, goad, goby, gory, grab, grad, gray, gyro, orad, orby, orgy, road, yard, yoga.

-5 letters: abo, aby, ado, ago, arb, bad, bag, bar, bay, boa, bod, bog, boy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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