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Any of a range of subatomic particles, and thus also electromagnetic waves, that permeate the universe owing to their various origins within stars or from collisions outside stars. (Life on Earth is mostly shielded from them by the Earth's magnetic field, but a small amount strikes us all each day.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
Examples
- Holonym: radiation
- For some applications, software architecture needs to be capable of tolerating bitflips from cosmic rays, through methods such as parameter value refreshes and sanity checks.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ray
highly penetrating ionizing radiation of extraterrestrial origin; consisting chiefly of protons and alpha particles; collision with atmospheric particles results in rays and particles of many kinds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ionizing radiation
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
космически лъч
(kosmičeski lǎč)
— energetic particle
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Chinese Mandarin:
宇宙射線 /宇宙射线
(yǔzhòu shèxiàn)
— energetic particle
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Dutch:
kosmische straling
— energetic particle
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Finnish:
kosminen säde
— energetic particle
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French:
rayon cosmique
— energetic particle
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German:
kosmische Strahlung
— energetic particle
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Hindi:
ब्रह्माण्ड किरण
(brahmāṇḍ kiraṇ)
— energetic particle
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Icelandic:
geimgeisli
— energetic particle
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Irish:
ga cosmach
— energetic particle
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Italian:
raggio cosmico
— energetic particle
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Japanese:
宇宙線
(uchūsen)
— energetic particle
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Korean:
우주선
(ujuseon)
— energetic particle
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Norwegian Bokmål:
kosmisk stråling
— energetic particle
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Polish:
promień kosmiczny
— energetic particle
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Russian:
косми́ческий луч
(kosmíčeskij luč)
— energetic particle
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Spanish:
rayo cósmico
— energetic particle
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Swedish:
kosmiska partikel
— energetic particle
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Tagalog:
sinag-mayaw
— energetic particle
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Turkish:
kozmik ışın
— energetic particle
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Bulgarian:
космически лъч
(kosmičeski lǎč)
— cosmic radiation
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Dutch:
kosmische straling
— cosmic radiation
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Finnish:
kosminen säteily
— cosmic radiation
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French:
rayon cosmique
— cosmic radiation
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Icelandic:
geimgeislun
— cosmic radiation
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Irish:
radaíocht chosmach
— cosmic radiation
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Italian:
radiazione cosmica
— cosmic radiation
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Polish:
promieniowanie kosmiczne
— cosmic radiation
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Russian:
косми́ческий луч
(kosmíčeskij luč)
— cosmic radiation
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Spanish:
rayo cósmico
— cosmic radiation
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Tagalog:
sinag-mayaw
— cosmic radiation
