black body

noun

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

Example Sentences

Many of the stereotypes created during the height of the trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and were used to help commodify black bodies and justify the business of slavery.

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

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Minutes later more remains were recovered from the rubble and carried away in a black body bag.

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One night in October, Yukov returned from a mission near Sloviansk with black body bags strapped to the roof of his car.

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Bit by bit scores of others emerged, their shiny black bodies, flailing limbs, and beady eyes glinting in the early-morning sun.

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