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cosmic (noun), more cosmic, most cosmic
1. A reference, or description, of outer space or a part of the universe other than the earth.
2. Very great in size or significance.
2. Very great in size or significance.
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(Greek: kosmos to cosmos; "world, universe"; from its "perfect order and arrangement"; to order, to arrange, to adorn; well-ordered, regular, arranged; skilled in adornment, which came into English as cosmetic.)
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Minute particles of solid matter distributed throughout the universe: Cosmic dust forms clouds in interstellar space.
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cosmic electrodynamics (plural form that functions as a singular) (noun)
1. The science concerned with electromagnetic phenomena in ionized media encountered in interstellar space, in stars, and above the atmosphere.
2. The physics of the interactions of moving, charged particles and magnetic fields in planetary atmospheres, stars, and interstellar and intergalactic space.
2. The physics of the interactions of moving, charged particles and magnetic fields in planetary atmospheres, stars, and interstellar and intergalactic space.
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cosmic gamma rays
Rays coming from pulsars, radio galaxies, and quasars, although it is believed that they cannot penetrate the earth's atmosphere.
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1. Radio static caused by a phenomenon outside the earth's atmosphere; such as, sunspots.
2. Random noise or interference that is produced by cosmic background radiation; that is, by radiation from outside the earth's atmosphere which is coupled into a communication system.
2. Random noise or interference that is produced by cosmic background radiation; that is, by radiation from outside the earth's atmosphere which is coupled into a communication system.
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Radiation by cosmic rays, consisting chiefly of protons, with some electrons and atomic nuclei: Cosmic radiations involves their collision or reaction with particles in the atmosphere which includes a wide variety of secondary radiations known as a cosmic ray showers.
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cosmic radio waves (pl) (noun)
Radio waves reaching the earth from interstellar or intergalactic sources.
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Any of a group of very high-energy particles reaching the earth from outer space or produced in the earth's atmosphere by the particles from outer space.
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Particles of extraterrestrial origin which are observed as black magnetic spherules in deep-sea sediments.
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A period of approximately 220 million years, the time it takes for the sun to make one orbit around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.
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An instrument used to detect and identify the direction of cosmic rays or the material that results when cosmic rays interact with the atmosphere.
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primary cosmic rays (pl) (noun)
Primary cosmic rays are submicroscopic, electrically charged particles, largely protons, that travel in space at speeds nearly equal to that of light.
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cosmic background radiation
Electromagnetic radiation left over from the original formation of the univiverse in the Big Bang.
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cosmic radiation
Streams of high-energy particles from outer space, consisting of protons, alpha particles, and light nuclei, which collide with atomic nuclei in the earth's atmosphere, and produce secondary nuclear particles; primarily mesons (elementary particles responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus); such as, pions and muons (types of subatomic particles), that shower the earth.
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cosmic rays
1. Nuclear and subatomic particles moving through space at high speeds; radiated from the sun and other stars.
2. Streams of ionizing radiations from space, largely of protons, alpha particles, and other atomic nuclei.
3. Very high energy nuclei moving at velocities close to that of light which are probably produced by supernova explosions.
2. Streams of ionizing radiations from space, largely of protons, alpha particles, and other atomic nuclei.
3. Very high energy nuclei moving at velocities close to that of light which are probably produced by supernova explosions.
On striking the earth's atmosphere, they produce cascades of other particles (by collision with nuclei in the atmosphere) called air showers.
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cosmic year
The time it takes the sun to travel around the center of the galaxy, roughly 22.5 million years.
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