Usually means: High-energy particles from space.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word cosmic ray:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. cosmic ray: Merriam-Webster
  2. cosmic ray: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cosmic ray: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cosmic ray: Vocabulary.com
  5. Cosmic-ray, cosmic-ray: Wordnik
  6. cosmic ray: Wiktionary
  7. cosmic ray: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. cosmic ray: Dictionary.com
  9. Cosmic Ray (film), Cosmic Ray, Cosmic-ray, Cosmic ray: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. cosmic ray: Rhymezone
  11. cosmic ray: FreeDictionary.org
  12. cosmic ray: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. cosmic ray: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. cosmic ray: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Cosmic-ray, cosmic ray: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cosmic ray: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cosmic ray: Nine Planets Glossary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  2. SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See cosmic_rays as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (cosmic ray)

noun:  (astronomy) An energetic particle originating outside our solar system.
noun:  (astronomy) Cosmic radiation: a stream of cosmic rays.

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