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brightness temperature
  دما‌ی ِ درخشندگی  
damâ-ye deraxšandegi
Fr.: température de brillance  

In radio astronomy, the temperature of a source calculated on the assumption that it is a blackbody emitting radiation of the observed intensity at a given wavelength. → antenna temperature.

See also: → brightness; → temperature.