Wien's displacement law

Definitions

Astronomy

• (written as Wien’s Displacement Law)
  Law prescribing the way in which the frequency of the most intense emissions from a hot body increases as its temperature rises. The maximum frequency in hertz equals absolute temperature multiplied by 5.88 x 10^-10.

Electronics

• A law which states that for a blackbody, the wavelength of maximum radiation is inversely proportional to its absolute temperature. Also called Wien's law.

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