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black body

idealized physical body that absorbs all incident electromagnetic radiation
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Summary

black body is a scientific model[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of scientific model entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,297 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: physical object[3]
  • Commons category: Black body[4]
  • Opposite of: white body[5]
  • Represents: physical object[6]
  • Has effect: black-body radiation[7]
  • Studied by: thermodynamics[8]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[9]

Why It Matters

black body has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 90 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

thermodynamics Wilhelm Wien

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Represents → physical object
    Subclass of → —
    Studied by → thermodynamics
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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