hohlraum

See also: Hohlraum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hohlraum (“hollow area”).

Noun

hohlraum (plural hohlraums)

(physics) A cavity whose walls are in thermodynamic equilibrium with the radiation emitted by the cavity

See also

black body

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