Usually means: High-energy particles from space.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. cosmic rays: Merriam-Webster
  2. cosmic rays: Collins English Dictionary
  3. cosmic rays: Vocabulary.com
  4. cosmic rays: Wiktionary
  5. cosmic rays: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  6. cosmic rays: Dictionary.com
  7. Cosmic rays: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. cosmic rays: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. cosmic rays: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. cosmic rays: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. cosmic rays: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Cosmic Rays: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  2. Imagine the Universe! Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Cosmic Rays: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. High-Energy Astrophysics (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  3. Explosives (No longer online)

(Note: See cosmic_ray 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.
▸ Also see cosmic_ray


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