background radiation

Noun

Meaning

radiation coming from sources other than those being observed

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Synonyms

radiation cosmic tritium radioactive plutonium radon radioactivity cosmic background radiation non-directional radiation omnidirectional radiation diffusion radiation galactic background noise indirect radiation inherent radiation multidirectional radiation

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Antonyms

beam radiation centralized radiation concentrated radiation direct radiation focused radiation localized radiation

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Hypernyms

background background signal

Examples

Alpher and Herman made it clear that what they had called "the temperature in the univerese" the previous year referred to a blackbody distributed background radiation quite different from sunliight". Source: Internet

Artificial background radiation Displays showing ambient radiation fields of 0.120-0.130 μSv/h (1.05-1.14 mSv/a) in a nuclear power plant. Source: Internet

Background dose rate examples Background radiation varies with location and time, and the following table gives examples: Natural background radiation The weather station outside of the Atomic Testing Museum on a hot summer day. Source: Internet

Cosmic microwave background radiation main 9 year WMAP image of the cosmic microwave background radiation (2012). Source: Internet

Date unknown * Spring First recognition of cosmic microwave background radiation as a detectable phenomenon. Source: Internet

Definitions The term background radiation can have different meanings, depending whether we are considering an ambient radiation dose, or we wish to differentiate between an incidental background and a particular source of radiation of concern. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

background processes background processing background processing mode background radiation equivalent time background selection background session