thermal radiation
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of thermal radiation
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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Increasing the efficiency of thermal radiation transfer could help make these technologies more viable.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
Water vapor prevents the solar irradiation absorbed by Earth to be reemitted towards the void of space, as thermal radiation.
From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 2023
In the 1970s Stephen Hawking showed that black holes emit thermal radiation, in the form of particles, because of quantum mechanical effects near the event horizon.
From Scientific American • Nov. 30, 2022
This radiation is converted into thermal radiation on the Earth’s surface, and then a portion of that energy is re-radiated back into the atmosphere.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
I knew if I got close enough to him, the intense thermal radiation he was emitting would scorch me.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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