emissivity

(ē′mi siv′ə tē, em′i-)

noun

the relative ability of a surface to radiate energy as compared with that of an ideally black surface under the same conditions

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noun

The ratio of the radiation emitted by a surface to the radiation emitted by a blackbody at the same temperature.

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