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grey body

noun

  1. physics a body that emits radiation in constant proportion to the corresponding black-body radiation

“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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The cat's tattoos decorate both sides of its slender, grey body, and include the phrase "Made in Mexico."

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They hold him upside down and shake and slap and, just as we have given up on his slippery, grey body, he opens his eyes and cries – and everyone who sees it will join in.

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Appearance: Pale short grey body to 10mm in gantry of over-long legs to maybe 100mm.

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Appearance: Mottled, often chevron-patterned grey body to 20mm, bristly leg span to over 100mm.

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It had since died, and the tenderness and sorrow that emanated from that desolate little huddle of elephants as they gently explored the lifeless grey body with their sensitive trunks, was one of the most moving scenes I've ever witnessed.

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