Phrase Hound found 36 phrases and 8 compound words that contain background. The most common are listed below. Open background in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 36
- background musicAny music played in a public space whose main function is to create an atmosphere suitable to a specific occasion, rather than to be listened to.
- background checkA report on a person’s legal and criminal personal history.
- background checksplural of background check: A report on a person’s legal and criminal personal history.
- Background color
- background noiseAny sound other than the sound being monitored (the primary sound); a form of noise pollution or interference.
- Background Vocals
- background processA process that is not currently able to receive input from its controlling terminal.
- Background image
- background radiationIonizing radiation that is naturally present in the environment.
- Ethnic background
- Cultural background
- background rightsplural of background right: A legal right which is not explicitly stated, coded, written in laws or constitutions; which may be inferred to exist from other rights, or inferred from traditions that have been canonized in law court rulings.
- deep backgroundThe status of information acquired from a source that may be used, but without either naming or directly quoting the source.
- background processesplural of background process: A process that is not currently able to receive input from its controlling terminal.
- background processingThe execution of a subsidiary operation by a computer while the user works with another application.
- cosmic microwave backgroundFaint thermal radiation that pervades all space and is thought to be the remnants of the Big Bang, produced during the epoch of recombination.
- background investigationA background check.
- cosmic neutrino backgroundThe universe's background particle radiation composed of neutrinos.
- cosmic backgroundEllipsis of cosmic background radiation.
- background rightSynonym of unenumerated right: A legal right which is not explicitly stated, coded, written in laws or constitutions; which may be inferred to exist from other rights, or inferred from traditions that have been canonized in law court …
- low-backgroundPertaining to having a significantly lower level of inherent, background radiation than usual.
- cosmic infrared backgroundLow-level infrared radiation originating from all directions in space.
- cosmic gravitational-wave backgroundThe stochastic background of gravitational waves produced during the creation of the universe.
- low-background steelSteel with low inherent radiation levels, suitable for instruments and experiments highly sensitive to radiation.
- cosmic background radiationAll the electromagnetic radiation entering the Earth from non-point sources in deep space, generally attributed to the Big Bang.
Compound words 8
- backgrounderA briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
- superbackgroundSynonym of superspace: A coordinate space invoked in supersymmetry
- backgroundySuitable for, or resembling, a background.
- backsoundMusic played in the background of a video, not intended as the main focus of the video.
- multibackgroundInvolving more than one background.
- headgroundA background used for a headshot.
- backgroundersplural of backgrounder: A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
- backgroundingsplural of backgrounding: present participle and gerund of background