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Radiant-energy thermometer

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radiant-energy thermometer

An instrument that determines the blackbody temperature of a substance by measuring its thermal radiation.

The substance need not be thermally black over the whole spectrum, since it is possible to limit the measurement to those frequencies where it is black.

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