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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

Each car was of the same type, a long rakish grey body, low to the ground.

From The Boy Scouts In Russia by E. A. Furman

The flabby grey body and the ugly mask and claws were gone.

From The Sun's Babies by Edith Howes

He disappeared, his grey body losing itself against the grey of the ground.

From The Octopus : A story of California by Frank Norris

Down at the precipice foot, not far from the spot where the skunk cabbage grew, he came upon a large grey body which had broken its neck upon the rocks.

From Dusty Star by Olaf Baker

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