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radiation temperature
  دمای ِ تابش  
damâ-ye tâbeš
Fr.: température de rayonnement  

The temperature of a source calculated assuming that it behaves as a → blackbody that radiates with the same intensity at the same frequency. Compared to the → effective temperature, the radiation temperature is measured over a narrow region of the → electromagnetic spectrum.

See also: → radiation; → temperature.