Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cosmic microwave background

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables: cos-mic mi-crowave back-ground
IPA

51

Scrabble Score

25

Letters

4

Syllables

16

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Faint thermal radiation that pervades all space and is thought to be the remnants of the Big Bang, produced during the epoch of recombination.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Holonyms: cosmic background, cosmic background radiation < electromagnetic radiation < radiation"

Etymology

It was originally called the primeval fireball.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

CMB (abbreviation)

Frequently Paired Words

CμB CIRB CIB cosmic infrared background CNB CνB CvB cosmic neutrino background

Synonyms

cosmic background radiation cbr cosmic microwave background radiation cmbr cmb

Questions

What does cosmic microwave background mean?: Faint thermal radiation that pervades all space and is thought to be the remnants of the Big Bang, produced during the epoch of recombination.
Where does cosmic microwave background come from?: It was originally called the primeval fireball.

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