English Explanatory Dictionary

last scattering surface

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The horizon in the distant past of the universe at which photons ceased scattering from matter and were able to travel unimpeded to be observed in the present day.

Word forms

last scattering surface last scattering surfaces
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