cosmic ray

English

Noun

cosmic ray (plural cosmic rays)

(astronomy) An energetic particle originating outside our solar system.
(astronomy) Cosmic radiation: a stream of cosmic rays.

Usage notes

The use of the words "ray" and "radiation" implies incorrectly that cosmic rays are electromagnetic waves, similar to light rays and X-rays; cosmic rays were so named before their nature was known.

Hypernyms

ray

Hyponyms

anomalous cosmic ray

Translations

energetic particle

Chinese:
Mandarin: 宇宙射線／宇宙射线 (zh) (yǔzhòu shèxiàn)
Dutch: kosmische straling f
Finnish: kosminen säde
French: rayon cosmique (fr) m
German: kosmische Strahlung f
Icelandic: geimgeisli (is) m
Irish: ga cosmach m
Italian: raggio cosmico m
Japanese: 宇宙線 (ja) (うちゅうせん, uchūsen)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kosmisk stråling
Russian: косми́ческий луч m (kosmíčeskij luč)
Spanish: rayo cósmico m
Swedish: kosmiska partikel
Tagalog: sinag-mayaw
Turkish: kozmik ışın

cosmic radiation

Dutch: kosmische straling f
Finnish: kosminen säteily
French: rayon cosmique (fr) m
Icelandic: geimgeislun (is) f
Irish: radaíocht chosmach f
Italian: radiazione cosmica f
Russian: косми́ческий луч m (kosmíčeskij luč)
Spanish: rayo cósmico m
Tagalog: sinag-mayaw

References

cosmic ray on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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