English noun: cosmic background radiation | |||
1. | cosmic background radiation (phenomenon) (cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin | ||
Synonyms | CBR, CMB, CMBR, cosmic microwave background, cosmic microwave background radiation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cosmic radiation | ||
Domain category | cosmogeny, cosmogony, cosmology | ||