cosmic background radiation

collocation in English

meaningsofcosmic,backgroundandradiation

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cosmic
adjective
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/ˈkɒz.mɪk/us
/ˈkɑːz.mɪk/
relating to the universe and the natural processes that happen ...
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background
noun
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/ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd/us
/ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd/
the things that can be seen behind the main things or people in ...
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radiation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌreɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌreɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/
a form of energy that comes from a nuclear reaction and that can be very dangerous ...
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(Definition ofcosmic,backgroundandradiationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Gopinath visualizes life tribal community against acosmicbackground.
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Recent measurements of thecosmicbackgroundradiation have resulted in the first evidence for this scenario.
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For example,cosmicbackgroundradiation or radioactive decay as measured over short timescales represent sources of natural entropy.
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Differences in the temperature of thecosmicbackgroundare smoothed by cosmic inflation, but they still exist.
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In astronomy, background noise orcosmicbackgroundradiation is electromagnetic radiation from the sky with no discernible source.
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Any black hole will continually absorb gas and interstellar dust from its direct surroundings and omnipresentcosmicbackgroundradiation.
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This will allow us to see sources at the level of thecosmicbackgroundradiation in the wavelength range between 30 and 210 m.
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The discovery of microwavecosmicbackgroundradiation announced in 1965 finally brought an effective end to the remaining scientific uncertainty over the expanding universe.
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All of the observable universe is filled with large numbers of photons, the so-calledcosmicbackground radiation, and quite likely a correspondingly large number of neutrinos.
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All known black hole candidates are so large that their temperature is far below that of thecosmicbackgroundradiation, so they are all gaining energy.
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The discovery (by chance in 1965) of thecosmicbackgroundradiation proves that the early universe was dominated by a radiation field, a field of extremely high temperature and pressure.
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