1. background

noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] a person's social heritage: previous experience or training.

Rhymes with Background Radiation

• deinstitutionalization
• institutionalization
• self-congratulation
• antidiscrimination
• telecommunication
• nondiscrimination
• misrepresentation
• mischaracterization
• internationalization
• industrialization
• decriminalization
• transillumination
• self-determination
• renationalization
• recapitalization
• prestidigitation
• misinterpretation
• misidentification
• miscommunication
• experimentation
• excommunication
• disqualification
• discontinuation
• denationalization
• decentralization
• transplantation
• singularization
• self-perpetuation
• securitization
• reinterpretation

Sentences with background-radiation

1. Noun Phrase
The counter will click or flash about 10 to 20 times per minute as it detects background radiation.

2. Noun Phrase
If this is higher than the level of the background radiation, the material is radioactive.

2. background

noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem.

3. background

noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground.

4. background

noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured.

5. background

noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation.

6. background

noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] the state of the environment in which a situation exists.

7. radiation

noun. ['ˌreɪdiːˈeɪʃən'] energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles.

8. radiation

noun. ['ˌreɪdiːˈeɪʃən'] the act of spreading outward from a central source.

9. radiation

noun. ['ˌreɪdiːˈeɪʃən'] the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats.

10. radiation

noun. ['ˌreɪdiːˈeɪʃən'] (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance.