background radiation in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for background radiation in the English»Spanish Dictionary

background radiation N U

background radiation

radiación f de fondo

Translations for background radiation in the English»Spanish Dictionary

radiation [Am ˌreɪdiˈeɪʃ(ə)n, Brit reɪdɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n] N U

1. radiation PHYS:

radiation

radiación f

radiation attr levels/leakage

de radiación

2. radiation (process of radiating):

radiation

irradiación f

I.background [Am ˈbækˌɡraʊnd, Brit ˈbakɡraʊnd] N

1. background (of picture, scene):

background

fondo m

against a white background

sobre un fondo blanco

I could hear voices in the background

oía voces en el fondo

she prefers to stay in the background

prefiere permanecer en un segundo plano

the public knows little of what goes on in the background

el público sabe poco de lo que pasa entre bastidores

2. background (of events):

background

antecedentes mpl

background to sth

antecedentes de algo

the background to the story

los antecedentes del caso

you have to look at the background to the strike

hay que considerar las circunstancias que llevaron a la huelga or el contexto en que se dio la huelga

against a background of rising inflation

en un momento de creciente inflación

3. background (of person):

background (origin)

origen m

background (education)

formación f

background (education)

currículum m

background (previous activities)

experiencia f

from a working-class background

de clase obrera

he comes from a religious background

creció en un ambiente religioso

her background is in research

su experiencia/formación profesional es en el campo de la investigación

II.background [Am ˈbækˌɡraʊnd, Brit ˈbakɡraʊnd] ADJ attr

background noise/music:

background

de fondo

he'll give you some background information

él te informará sobre la situación (or el contexto, los antecedentes etc.)

she gave a short background talk

dio una pequeña charla de introducción al tema

background radiation in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for background radiation in the English»Spanish Dictionary

radiation [ˌreɪdiˈeɪʃən] N no pl

radiation

radiación f

background [ˈbækgraʊnd] N

1. background (rear view):

background

fondo m

in the background fig

en segundo plano

2. background (education, family):

background

educación f

3. background (training):

background

formación f

to have a background in mathematics

tener una formación en matemáticas

4. background (circumstances):

background

antecedentes m pl

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Their work determined that the universe's background radiation was 2.7 degrees above absolute zero, just 2.3 degrees lower than the 1948 prediction.

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Most human exposure to radiation comes from natural background radiation.

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Because dolomite contains relatively minor quantities of radioactive materials, it can insulate against interference from cosmic rays without adding to background radiation levels.

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The main advantage of the bubble detector technique is that the detector is almost insensitive to background radiation.

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Since decoupling, the temperature of the background radiation has dropped by a factor of roughly 1,100 due to the expansion of the universe.

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