cbr

1. 1.

   (cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin

   Synonymscosmic background radiationcosmic microwave background radiationCMBRcosmic microwave backgroundCMB

   Broadercosmic radiation

   cosmology

Other forms of cbr

plural

cbrs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cbr

What does cbr mean?

cbr means "(cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin".

How many syllables are in cbr?

cbr has 1 syllable: cbr.

What is another word for cbr?

Close synonyms include cosmic background radiation, cosmic microwave background radiation, CMBR, cosmic microwave background, CMB. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cbr a common word?

cbr is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.