"graybody" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: graybodies [plural]
Etymology: From gray + body. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|gray|body}} gray + body Head templates: {{en-noun}} graybody (plural graybodies)
  1. (physics) A body that radiates energy having a blackbody distribution reduced by a constant factor. Coordinate_terms: blackbody Translations (body that radiates energy having a blackbody distribution reduced by a constant factor): 灰色體 /灰色体 (huīsètǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), harmaa kappale (Finnish), corps gris [masculine] (French), grauer Körper [masculine] (German), 灰色体 (kaishokutai) (alt: かいしょくたい) (Japanese), ciało szare [neuter] (Polish), се́рое те́ло (séroje télo) [neuter] (Russian)

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