cosmic background radiation

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Noun

cosmic background radiation - (cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvinCBR, CMB, CMBR, cosmic microwave background, cosmic microwave background radiationcosmogeny, cosmogony, cosmology - the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universecosmic radiation - radiation coming from outside the solar system

Translations

radiazione cosmica di fondo

cosmic background radiation

Unresolved radiation from space. The cumulative effect of many unresolved – and individually weak – discrete sources provides the background at radio, X-ray, and possibly other wavelengths. One important form is the microwave background radiation, which peaks at about 1 mm wavelength (i.e. a frequency of 3 × 10¹⁰ hertz). This is considered to be due to the hot Big Bang. See also COBE; gamma-ray astronomy; infrared background radiation; radio source; X-ray background radiation.

cosmic background radiation

[′käz·mik ¦bak‚grau̇nd ‚rād·ē‚ā·shən] (astronomy) cosmic microwave radiation

noun

Synonyms for cosmic background radiation

noun (cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2

Synonyms

CBR
CMB
CMBR
cosmic microwave background
cosmic microwave background radiation

Related Words

cosmogeny
cosmogony
cosmology
cosmic radiation