thermal radiation
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When heated, the base layers accumulate thermal radiation, which can be thought of as a bath of photons.
From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024
If these ephemeral quantum fluctuations could give rise to real forces, theorists mused, perhaps they could also do other things—such as transfer heat sans thermal radiation.
From Scientific American • Dec. 11, 2019
When this occurs, the warmer surface thus emits more thermal radiation, which is a type of IR radiation.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
They also neglected to include Kirchhoff’s law of thermal radiation in their thermal models of the asteroids.
From Science Magazine • May 23, 2016
I knew if I got close enough to him, the intense thermal radiation he was emitting would scorch me.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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