Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)Ionizing radiation that is naturally present in the environment.

    Hintergrundstrahlung

    радиационный фонradiacionnyj fon

More definitions
  • radiation coming from sources other than those being observed

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Cosmic microwave background radiation is heat left over from the Big Bang and found throughout the universe.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
ionizing radiation that is naturally present in the environment:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
ionizing radiation that is naturally present in the environment:

Forms

plural: background radiations
Singularbackground radiation

uncountable

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