background radiation in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for background radiation in the English»Italian Dictionary

background radiation [ˌbækɡraʊndˌreɪdɪˈeɪʃn] N

background radiation

radiazione f cosmica di fondo

Translations for background radiation in the Italian»English Dictionary

radiazione cosmica di fondo

background radiation

Translations for background radiation in the English»Italian Dictionary

background [Brit ˈbakɡraʊnd, Am ˈbækˌɡraʊnd] N

1. background (of person):

background (social, family)

retroterra m

background (social, family)

ambiente m

background (social, family)

background m

background (professional)

formazione f

background (professional)

background m

to come from a middle-class background

provenire da un ambiente borghese, avere origini borghesi

people from poor backgrounds

gente di povere origini

we want someone with a scientific, computer background

cerchiamo qualcuno con una formazione scientifica, informatica

a background in law, linguistics

una formazione giuridica, linguistica

2. background (context):

background

sfondo m

background

contesto m

background

background m

the economic, political background

lo sfondo economico, politico

against a background of violence

in un clima di violenza

these events took place against a background of war

questi avvenimenti hanno avuto luogo in uno scenario di guerra

what's the background to the situation?

qual è il contesto della situazione?

what's the background to the situation? before n briefing, information, knowledge, material

che riguarda la situazione di fondo

3. background (of painting, photo, scene):

background

sfondo m

that's me in the background

quello sullo sfondo or in secondo piano sono io

we could see the Alps in the background

vedevamo le Alpi sullo sfondo

against a background of

su uno sfondo di

on a red background

su sfondo rosso

4. background (not upfront):

in the background

in secondo piano

to be, remain in the background

essere, restare in secondo piano

to push sb, sth into the background

relegare qn, qc in secondo piano

ill feeling was always there in the background

c'era sempre un sottofondo di risentimento

5. background (of sound, music):

a background of laughter, music

un sottofondo di risate, di musica

voices in the background

voci in sottofondo

voices in the background before n music

di sottofondo

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

1. radiation (nuclear):

radiation

radiazioni fpl

to be exposed to radiation

essere esposto alle radiazioni

a high, low level of radiation

un alto, basso livello di radiazioni

a dose of radiation

una dose di radiazioni

a dose of radiation before n levels

di radiazioni

a dose of radiation effects

delle radiazioni

a dose of radiation leak

di radiazioni

2. radiation PHYS:

radiation

irradiazione f

background radiation in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for background radiation in the English»Italian Dictionary

background [ˈbæk·graʊnd] N

1. background (rear view):

background

sfondo m

in the background fig

in secondo piano

2. background (education, family):

background

origini f pl

3. background (training):

background

formazione f

to have a background in sciences

avere una formazione scientifica

4. background (circumstances):

background

contesto m

radiation [ˌreɪ·di·ˈeɪ·ʃən] N

radiation

radiazioni f pl

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

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