"background radiation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: background radiations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} background radiation (usually uncountable, plural background radiations)
  1. ionizing radiation that is naturally present in the environment. Wikipedia link: background radiation Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Radioactivity Translations (ionizing radiation that is naturally present in the environment): ճառագայթային ֆոն (čaṙagaytʻayin fon) (Armenian), baggrundsstråling [common-gender] (Danish), achtergrondstraling [feminine] (Dutch), taustasäteily (Finnish), rayonnement de fond [masculine] (French), bakgrunnsgeislun [feminine] (Icelandic), bakgrunnsstråling [common-gender] (Norwegian), радиационный фон (radiacionnyj fon) [masculine] (Russian), bakgrundsstrålning [common-gender] (Swedish), phông phóng xạ (Vietnamese)

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