cosmic ray

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Noun

cosmic ray (plural cosmic rays)

2. (astronomy) Any of a range of subatomic particles, and thus also electromagnetic waves, that permeate the universe owing to their various origins within stars or from collisions outside stars. (Life on Earth is mostly shielded from them by the Earth's magnetic field, but a small amount strikes us all each day.)

   Hypernym: ray

   Holonym: radiation

   For some applications, software architecture needs to be capable of tolerating bitflips from cosmic rays, through methods such as parameter value refreshes and sanity checks.

Related terms

• cosmic background, cosmic background radiation (usually understood as not overlapping in meaning)

Translations

energetic particle

• Bulgarian: космически лъч m (kosmičeski lǎč)
• 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 (de) 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)
• Korean: 우주선(宇宙線) (ko) (ujuseon)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kosmisk stråling

• Polish: promień kosmiczny m
• Russian: косми́ческий луч m (kosmíčeskij luč)
• Spanish: rayo cósmico m
• Swedish: kosmiska partikel
• Tagalog: sinag-mayaw
• Turkish: kozmik ışın

cosmic radiation

• Bulgarian: космически лъч m (kosmičeski lǎč)
• Dutch: kosmische straling f
• Finnish: kosminen säteily
• French: rayon cosmique (fr) m
• Icelandic: geimgeislun (is) f
• Irish: radaíocht chosmach f
• Italian: radiazione cosmica f
• Polish: promieniowanie kosmiczne n
• Russian: косми́ческий луч m (kosmíčeskij luč)
• Spanish: rayo cósmico m
• Tagalog: sinag-mayaw

See also

• alpha ray
• beta ray
• gamma ray