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background radiation [′bak‚grau̇nd ‚rād·ē′ā·shən]

(nucleonics)

The radiation in humans' natural environment, including cosmic rays and radiation from the naturally radioactive elements. Also known as natural radiation.

(physics)

Radiation which is due to sources other than the source of interest in a measurement of radiation and which is detected by the measuring apparatus.

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COBE
Cosmic Background Explorer
cosmic background radiation
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Smoot, George Fitzgerald, III
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And it just so happens that 1965 was also the year of the discovery of cosmic background radiation, the first physical evidence of the big bang, which made front-page news.

1000 words: Josiah McElheny; Talks about An End to Modernity and ... by Rothkopf, Scott / Artforum International

This is a delayed coincidence experiment, so only accidental coincidences from background radiation will appear as background events in the data.

Proposed measurement of the beta-neutrino correlation in neutron decay by Yerozolimsky, B.G. / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

The average annual effective dose from natural background radiation in the United States is estimated to be approximately 3 mSv (300 mrem) [Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR V) 1990].

Long-term follow-up of the residents of the three mile island ... by Zborowski, Jeanne V. / Environmental Health Perspectives

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