Sentence examples for thermal radiation from inspiring English sources
noun
The electromagnetic radiation emitted from a body as a consequence of its temperature; increasing the temperature of the body increases the amount of radiation produced, and shifts it to shorter wavelengths (higher frequencies) in a manner explained only by quantum mechanics.
The rate at which a body radiates (or absorbs) thermal radiation depends upon the nature of the surface as well.
Humans are entirely insensitive to this thermal radiation.
It also refers to the faint background disturbance of thermal radiation left over from the big bang.
Entire forests might be set ablaze by the thermal radiation of a high-altitude nuclear blast.
These reptiles sense the thermal radiation emitted by mammals and birds, their warm-blooded prey.
Approximately 85 percent of the explosive energy produces air blast (and shock) and thermal radiation (heat).
The specific mechanisms are usually referred to as convection, thermal radiation, and conduction (see thermal conduction).
It regulates air temperature by absorbing thermal radiation both from the Sun and the Earth.
This keeps the telescope away from the thermal radiation of Earth.
Other instruments on the EarthData plane are taking photographs and measuring thermal radiation emanating from the surface to track the underground fires.
The difference between the solar radiation absorbed and the thermal radiation emitted to space determines Earth's radiation budget.
