cosmic microwave background
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Etymology
[edit ]It was originally called the primeval fireball.
Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]cosmic microwave background (uncountable , abbreviation CMB )
- (astronomy ) Faint thermal radiation that pervades all space and is thought to be the remnants of the Big Bang, produced during the epoch of recombination.
- Alternative form: CμB
- Holonyms: cosmic background , cosmic background radiation < electromagnetic radiation < radiation
- Comeronyms: CIRB , CIB , cosmic infrared background ; CNB , CνB , CvB , cosmic neutrino background ; CGWB , CGB , cosmic gravitational-wave background
Translations
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- Finnish: kosminen taustasäteily , avaruuden taustasäteily
- French: fond diffus cosmologique (fr) m
- Georgian: კოსმოსური მიკროტალღური ფონი (ḳosmosuri miḳroṭalɣuri poni)
- Polish: mikrofalowe promieniowanie tła n
- Russian: реликтовое излучение (ru) n (reliktovoje izlučenije)