Wien's displacement law

noun

ˈvēnz-,

ˈwēnz-

: a statement in physics: the wavelength of thermal radiation most copiously emitted by a blackbody is inversely proportional to the absolute temperature of the body

Word History

Etymology

after Wilhelm Wien †1928 German physicist

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