"cosmic gravitational-wave background" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cosmic gravitational wave background [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cosmic gravitational-wave background (uncountable)
  1. The stochastic background of gravitational waves produced during the creation of the universe. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: CGB [abbreviation], gravitational wave background, gravitational-wave background, GWB Related terms: gravitational wave (alt: GW), cosmic microwave background (alt: CMB), cosmic infrared background (alt: CIRB / CIB), cosmic neutrino background (alt: CvB / CνB / CNB)
    Sense id: en-cosmic_gravitational-wave_background-en-noun-Cys5PZpG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Cosmology, Relativity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 34 Disambiguation of Cosmology: 82 18 Disambiguation of Relativity: 70 30
  2. The irresolvable diffuse background resulting from the mixture of weak gravitational waves of all sources. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-cosmic_gravitational-wave_background-en-noun-gSUbL3Be

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