cosmic microwave background radiation
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cosmic microwave 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

CBR, CMB, CMBR, cosmic background radiation, cosmic microwave background

cosmogeny, cosmogony, cosmology - the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe

cosmic radiation - radiation coming from outside the solar system

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