cosmic background radiation

Examples

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• The history of the cosmic background radiation, in a nutshell, is worth keeping in mind here.

• It turned out to be the cosmic background radiation, the strongest evidence for the Big Bang—a discovery that earned Penzias and Wilson the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics (above).

  Academic text (1996)

• The cosmic background radiation is uniform in temperature.

• That's when the cosmic background radiation formed.

  Academic text (2005)

• Some 380,000 years after the Big Bang, the universal fog lifted and the cosmic background radiation was set free.

  Academic text (2003)

• The temperature of the cosmic background radiation should vary slightly from one direction to another, depending on how the density of matter and energy varied from place to place when the fog first cleared.

  Academic text (2005)

• The only light present before the epoch of recombination was the cosmic background radiation, a universal radiation permeating every nook and cranny.

  Academic text (2004)

• So if, while we were watching, the intelligent inhabitants of a galaxy far, far away were measuring the temperature of the cosmic background radiation for themselves, they should get a temperature somewhat higher than 2.7 degrees Kelvin because they are living in a younger, smaller, hotter universe.

  Academic text (2003)

• The cosmic background radiation is uniform in temperature across the vastness of space.

• Evidence of the cosmic background radiation supports the theory of the Big Bang.

Synonyms

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CMB

vscosmic background radiation

• Specialized

3 9.9

Faint light from the early universe that we see across the sky at a very low temperature

is the full descriptive phrase used in broader explanation

C

cosmic microwave background

vscosmic background radiation

• Specialized

2 8.3

Faint microwaves left from the early universe that fill space

refers more generally to leftover thermal radiation without naming microwaves

C

CBR

vscosmic background radiation

• Specialized

2 9.9

Faint light left over from the early universe that fills the sky

is the explicit descriptive phrase rather than an initialism

C

cosmic microwave background radiation

vscosmic background radiation

• Specialized

1 7.7

A faint microwave glow left from the early universe that fills space nearly evenly

is stated more generally without stressing microwave frequency

C

CMBR

vscosmic background radiation

• Specialized

1 9.2

A faint, very old light left from the Big Bang that fills the universe

is the longer descriptive label rather than the short form

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