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black body

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noun

  1. Also called: full radiatorphysics a hypothetical body that would be capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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At a makeshift morgue set up in a port warehouse in La Guaira, hundreds of bodies were stored in white and black body bags and coffins waiting to be identified, an AFP correspondent reported.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

Then he saw men wearing black body armor, some masked, and his heart sank.

From Salon Nov. 14, 2025

DNA samples were put separately in black body bags for documentation and further analysis.

From BBC Dec. 17, 2024

A Reuters reporter at the crash site on Thursday morning saw men carrying away black body bags on stretchers.

From Reuters Aug. 24, 2023

In accepting both the chaos of history and the fact of my total end, I was freed to truly consider how I wished to live—specifically, how do I live free in this black body?

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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