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grey body

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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."

From Reuters • Feb. 23, 2023

Below the houses a tangled mass of bushes and small trees lay black in the moonlight, and in the distance the grey body of the river showed faint and far away.

From Windy McPherson's Son by Anderson, Sherwood

On every side he was surrounded—the world had vanished, only the thin grey body of his dog, panting at his side, could be dimly seen.

From The Prelude to Adventure by Walpole, Hugh, Sir

But of late I have become familiar with the silvery grey body and the gliding flight; and this year I have been almost dogged by them.

From The Thread of Gold by Benson, Arthur Christopher

Norton turned his head and saw what appeared at first sight to be the dark grey body of a motorcar.

From Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

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