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cosmic background radiation

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Noun

(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

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CBR cosmic microwave background radiation CMBR cosmic microwave background CMB

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