cosmic ray

Noun

 * 1)  An energetic particle originating outside our solar system.
 * 2)  Cosmic radiation: a stream of cosmic rays.

Usage notes
The use of the words "ray" and "radiation" implies incorrectly that cosmic rays are electromagnetic waves, similar to light rays and X-rays; cosmic rays were so named before their nature was known.

Hypernyms

 * ray

Hyponyms

 * anomalous cosmic ray

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: kosmische straling
 * Finnish: kosminen säde
 * French:
 * German: kosmische Strahlung
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: ga cosmach
 * Italian: raggio cosmico
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kosmisk stråling
 * Russian: косми́ческий луч
 * Spanish: rayo cósmico
 * Swedish: kosmiska partikel
 * Tagalog: sinag-mayaw
 * Turkish: kozmik ışın


 * Dutch: kosmische straling
 * Finnish: kosminen säteily
 * French:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: radaíocht chosmach
 * Italian: radiazione cosmica
 * Russian: косми́ческий луч
 * Spanish: rayo cósmico
 * Tagalog: sinag-mayaw