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Stefan-Boltzmann law

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[stef-uhn bohlts-muhn, shte-fahn bawlts-mahn] / ˈstɛf ən ˈboʊlts mən, ˈʃtɛ fɑn ˈbɔlts mɑn /

noun

Physics.

  1. the law stating that the total energy radiated from a blackbody is proportional to the fourth power of its absolute temperature.

Etymology

Origin of Stefan-Boltzmann law

1895–1900; named after Josef Stefan (1835–93) and Ludwig E. Boltzmann (1844–1906), Austrian physicists, who independently formulated the law

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