Color temperature

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.NounA property of a light source: the temperature of an ideal black body radiator that radiates light of a color comparable to that of the light source.

"The typical color temperature of a standard incandescent lamp is about 2400 K."

Synonyms

graybody thermal radiation thermophotometry thermochromy thermochromism black body greybody blackbody white heat temperature calorescence color

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