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1. background
noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] a person's social heritage: previous experience or training.
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Rhymes with Cosmic 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
2. background
noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem.
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3. background
noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground.
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4. background
noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured.
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5. background
noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation.
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6. background
noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] the state of the environment in which a situation exists.
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7. radiation
noun. ['ˌreɪdiːˈeɪʃən'] energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles.
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Etymology
- radiatio (Latin)
8. radiation
noun. ['ˌreɪdiːˈeɪʃən'] the act of spreading outward from a central source.
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Etymology
- radiatio (Latin)
9. radiation
noun. ['ˌreɪdiːˈeɪʃən'] the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats.
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Etymology
- radiatio (Latin)
Sentences with cosmic-background-radiation
1. Noun Phrase
Based on observations of distant objects and measurements of the cosmic background radiation, scientists have deduced the temperature at the Planck time, which is 10 million trillion trillion trillionths of a second.
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The other is that it predicts that the temperature of the cosmic background radiation -- the afterglow of the big bang -- should be 3 degrees above absolute zero, and observations have also confirmed this.
