• n.
    ⦿highly penetrating ionizing radiation of extraterrestrial origin; consisting chiefly of protons and alpha particles; collision with atmospheric particles results in rays and particles of many kinds

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechnoun
ontolex:lexicalized senseenl:cosmic ray
wn:interlingual indexili:i97715

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dc:Subjectnoun.phenomenon
skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:labelcosmic ray