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noun Thermodynamics.

electromagnetic radiation emitted by all matter above a temperature of absolute zero because of the thermal motion of atomic particles.

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Origin of thermal radiation

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby thermal radiation

thermal neutron analyzer, thermal neutrons, thermal noise, thermal pollution, thermal printer, thermal radiation, thermal reactor, thermal shock, thermal spring, thermal underwear, thermal unit

How to use thermal radiation in a sentence

In 1859 the Irish physicist John Tyndall identified atmospheric water vapor and carbon dioxide gas, CO2, as main components in absorbing thermal radiation.
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Williams An Ohio- based corporation that works in the electrical and thermal insulation industry.
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He was very familiar with the reality of what could happen: Tokyo could be covered with a really high dosage of radiation.
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Everything serene, snow piling on trees, over lawns, on houses, before we realize that all the snow is poisoned with radiation.
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Body parts, food, and appliances seen with a thermal imaging camera.
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The 4M craft also includes a radiation dosimeter built by the Spanish company iC-Málaga.
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The effect of the heated air which acquires its temperature by radiation from the earth's surface is to produce the winds.
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If we can imagine the earth cut off from the solar radiation, the air would cease to move.
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Aboard were not only oceanographers, but marine biologists experienced in radiation physics.
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Short hard radiation emitted from the tab neutralized the claws, put them out of commission.
Second Variety|Philip Kindred Dick
Radiation tabs protected the UN troops, but if a man lost his tab he was fair game for the claws, no matter what his uniform.
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