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| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | = cosmic rays. (references) |
Energy | Penetrating ionizing radiation, both particulate and electromagnetic, originating in outer space. Secondary cosmic rays, formed by interactions in the earth's atmosphere, account for about 45 to 50 millirem of the 360 millirem background radiation that an average individual receives in a year. (references) |
Health | High-energy radiation or particles from extraterrestrial space that strike the earth, its atmosphere, or spacecraft and may create secondary radiation as a result of collisions with the atmosphere or spacecraft. (references) |
Physics | The radiation comprising very high energy primary particles of extra terrestrial origin and the secondary particles generated by interaction of these particles with high layers of the atmosphere. Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | Protons, alpha particles and other high energy rays penetrating the earth's atmosphere from the solar and extragalactic systems. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Calefaction | Cauterizer; caustic, lunar caustic, alkali, apozem, moxa; acid, aqua fortis, aqua regia; catheretic, nitric acid, nitrochloro-hydric acid, nitromuriatic acid; radioactivity, gamma rays, alpha particles, beta rays, X-rays, radiation, cosmic radiation, background radiation, radioactive isotopes, tritium, uranium, plutonium, radon, radium. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: COSMIC RADIATION |
| English words defined with "COSMIC RADIATION": Hess ♦ Victor Franz Hess, Victor Hess. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "COSMIC RADIATION": cosmic rays ♦ hard component of cosmic rays ♦ Mesons ♦ penetrating component of cosmic rays ♦ radiation shield ♦ solar corpuscular rays. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cosmic radiation | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "COSMIC RADIATION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kosmisk stråling (cosmic ray). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | cosmische straling (cosmic ray), kosmische straling (cosmic ray). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kosminen säteily (cosmic ray). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | rayonnement cosmique (cosmic ray), rayon cosmique (cosmic ray). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Ultrastrahlung (cosmic ray), kosmische Strahlung (cosmic ray), Hoehenstrahlung (cosmic ray). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κοσμική ακτινοβολία (cosmic ray). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | radiazione cosmica (cosmic ray). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | osmiccay adiationray raio cósmico (cosmic ray), radiação cósmica (cosmic ray). (various references) rayo cósmico (cosmic ray), radiación cósmica (cosmic ray, cosmological radiation). (various references) kosmisk strålning (cosmic ray). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-d-i-i-i-m-n-o-o-r-s-t" | |
-3 letters: accordionist, cardiotonics. | |
-4 letters: admirations, cardiotonic, carotinoids. | |
-5 letters: accordions, admiration, adorations, antidromic, antiracism, astronomic, carcinoids, carcinomas, carotinoid, concordats, corticoids, diacritics, dominators, indicators, macaronics, mastodonic, monoacidic, monocratic, morticians, radiations, staminodia. | |
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