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Radiant energy   /rˈeɪdiənt ˈɛnərdʒi/   Listen
Radiant energy

noun
1.
Energy that is transmitted in the form of (electromagnetic) radiation; energy that exists in the absence of matter.





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... material medium, it always suffers some loss, the light energy being absorbed by the medium, that is, converted partially or wholly into other forms of energy such as heat, a portion of which transformed energy may be re-emitted as radiant energy of a lower frequency. Even the most transparent bodies known absorb an appreciable portion of the light transmitted through them. Thus the atmosphere absorbs a part of the sun's rays, and the greater the distance which the rays have to traverse the greater is the proportion ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia


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