cosmic microwave background

English

Alternative forms

• CMB (initialism)

Etymology

It was originally called the primeval fireball.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cosmic microwave background (uncountable)

1. (astronomy) Faint thermal radiation that pervades all space and is thought to be the remnants of the big bang, produced during the epoch of recombination.

Synonyms

• CMB, CμB
• CMWB, CμWB
• cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR/CMWBR/CμBR/CμWBR)

Derived terms

• CMB
• CMWB
• CμB
• CμWB

Related terms

• cosmic gravity-wave background / cosmic gravitywave background / cosmic gravity wave background (CGWB/CGB)
• cosmic infrared background (CIRB/CIB)
• cosmic neutrino background (CNB/CvB/CνB)

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: kosminen taustasäteily, avaruuden taustasäteily
• French: fond diffus cosmologique (fr) m
• Polish: mikrofalowe promieniowanie tła n