cosmic background radiation

noun

Definitions

  1. All the electromagnetic radiation entering the Earth from non-point sources in deep…

    All the electromagnetic radiation entering the Earth from non-point sources in deep space, generally attributed to the Big Bang.

    • Holonyms: electromagnetic radiation < radiation
    • Meronyms: CMB, CμB, cosmic microwave background; CIRB, CIB, cosmic infrared background; CNB, CνB, CvB, cosmic neutrino background; CGWB, CGB, cosmic gravitational-wave background

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