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Definition: Cosmic Ray |
Cosmic RayNoun1. Highly penetrating ionizing radiation of extraterrestrial origin; consisting chiefly of protons and alpha particles; collision with atmospheric particles results in rays and particles of many kinds. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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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) |
| Atomic nuclei (mostly protons) that are observed to strike the Earth's atmosphere with exceedingly high energies. (references) | |
Solar | An extremely energetic (relativistic) charged particle. (references) |
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Crosswords: Cosmic Ray |
| Specialty definitions using "cosmic ray": CRS ♦ Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer ♦ Forbush decrease ♦ GROUND-LEVEL EVENT ♦ RIOMETER ♦ secondary cosmic radiation, single-event upset, solar corpuscular rays ♦ thindown. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Cosmic Ray (1962) | |
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Expression using "cosmic ray": cosmic ray burst. Additional references. | |
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| 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 ray | 31 |
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| Language | Translations for "cosmic ray"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kosmisk stråling (cosmic radiation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | cosmische straling (cosmic radiation), kosmische straling (cosmic radiation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kosminen säteily (cosmic radiation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | rayonnement cosmique (cosmic radiation), rayon cosmique (cosmic radiation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Ultrastrahlung (cosmic radiation), kosmische Strahlung (cosmic radiation), Hoehenstrahlung (cosmic radiation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κοσμική ακτινοβολία (cosmic radiation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | radiazione cosmica (cosmic radiation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 宇宙線 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | うちゅうせ" (space ship). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | osmiccay ayray raio cósmico (cosmic radiation), radiação cósmica (cosmic radiation). (various references) rayo cósmico (cosmic radiation), radiación cósmica (cosmic radiation, cosmological radiation). (various references) kosmisk strålning (cosmic radiation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-i-m-o-r-s-y" | |
-1 letter: cramoisy, isocracy. | |
-2 letters: myricas. | |
-3 letters: caroms, comics, corsac, cosmic, cymars, macros, mayors, micros, morays, mosaic, myrica, racism, scoria. | |
-4 letters: acmic, amirs, carom, circa, cisco, cocas, coirs, comas, comic, coria, corms, crams, croci, crocs, cycas, cymar, cymas, macro, mairs, marcs, mayor, mayos, micas, micra, micro, moira, moras, moray, orcas, osmic, roams, scary, scram, scrim, simar. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-i-m-o-r-s-y" | |
+3 letters: macrocytosis, microcrystal. | |
+4 letters: microcrystals, microphysical. | |
+5 letters: chromodynamics, hydromechanics, psychodramatic, seriocomically. | |
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