"cosmic ray" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cosmic rays [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cosmic ray (plural cosmic rays)
  1. (astronomy) An energetic particle originating outside our solar system. Categories (topical): Astronomy Translations (energetic particle): 宇宙射線 (Chinese Mandarin), 宇宙射线 (yǔzhòu shèxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), kosmische straling [feminine] (Dutch), kosminen säde (Finnish), rayon cosmique [masculine] (French), kosmische Strahlung [feminine] (German), geimgeisli [masculine] (Icelandic), ga cosmach [masculine] (Irish), raggio cosmico [masculine] (Italian), 宇宙線 (uchūsen) (alt: うちゅうせん) (Japanese), kosmisk stråling (Norwegian Bokmål), косми́ческий луч (kosmíčeskij luč) [masculine] (Russian), rayo cósmico [masculine] (Spanish), kosmiska partikel (Swedish), sinag-mayaw (Tagalog), kozmik ışın (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-cosmic_ray-en-noun-wJdXY1Bn Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'energetic particle': 93 7
  2. (astronomy) Cosmic radiation: a stream of cosmic rays. Categories (topical): Astronomy Hypernyms: ray Hyponyms: anomalous cosmic ray Translations (cosmic radiation): kosmische straling [feminine] (Dutch), kosminen säteily (Finnish), rayon cosmique [masculine] (French), geimgeislun [feminine] (Icelandic), radaíocht chosmach [feminine] (Irish), radiazione cosmica [feminine] (Italian), косми́ческий луч (kosmíčeskij luč) [masculine] (Russian), rayo cósmico [masculine] (Spanish), sinag-mayaw (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-cosmic_ray-en-noun-KsmsJ6Gm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'cosmic radiation': 18 82

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