| cosmic background radiation 
 
 (cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin
 • Syn:
 CBR, cosmic microwave background radiation, CMBR, cosmic microwave background, CMB
 • Topics:
 cosmology, cosmogony, cosmogeny
 • Hypernyms:
 cosmic radiation
 
 
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