Cosmic Rays Definition

noun
Streams of high-energy charged particles from outer space, composed of protons, alpha particles, and a few heavier nuclei, which bombard the atoms in the upper atmosphere and produce various secondary nuclear particles that shower the earth.
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Plural form of cosmic ray.
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Cosmic Rays Sentence Examples

  • However, it is thought that where cosmic rays are produced, gamma rays are also produced.

  • Unfortunately, the storm seems pretty narked and they all get a megadose of big, bad cosmic rays.

  • It was in observing cosmic rays that Anderson discovered the positron in 1932.

  • The cosmic rays have to be subtracted from the data.

  • The kinetic energy released by supernova explosions is more than enough to account for the Galactic cosmic rays up to 10 15 eV.

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