Grb is an English word of 3 letters. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Grb meaning
- Initialism of gamma-ray burst.
- Initialism of Golden Retriever boyfriend.
Using Grb
- The main meaning on this page is: Initialism of gamma-ray burst. | Initialism of Golden Retriever boyfriend.
- In the example corpus, grb often appears in combinations such as: the grb, long grb, grb has.
Context around Grb
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Grb
- In this selection, "grb" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, long, bursts, company, though, depending and afterglow stand out and add context to how "grb" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2006 long grb afterglow observations and and future grb candidates are. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "grb" sits close to words such as abdulai, abhinandan and abhor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with grb
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The GRB experiment consisted of two CsI scintillator crystals with photomultipliers. (11 words)
An optical transient event associated with this GRB has not been found, despite its intensity. (15 words)
Content studio and global distribution company GRB Studios has acquired two original unscripted series for international distribution. (17 words)
A few percent of the Type Ic supernovae are associated with gamma-ray bursts (GRB), though it is also believed that any hydrogen-stripped Type Ib or Ic supernova could produce a GRB, depending on the geometry of the explosion. (40 words)
An average long GRB has a bolometric flux comparable to a bright star of our galaxy despite a distance of billions of light years (compared to a few tens of light years for most visible stars). (36 words)
The immediate effect on life on Earth from a GRB within a few parsecs would only be a short increase in ultraviolet radiation at ground level, lasting from less than a second to tens of seconds. (36 words)
Example sentences (18)
A few percent of the Type Ic supernovae are associated with gamma-ray bursts (GRB), though it is also believed that any hydrogen-stripped Type Ib or Ic supernova could produce a GRB, depending on the geometry of the explosion.
Woosley & Bloom 2006 Long GRB afterglow observations, at high redshift, are also consistent with the GRB having originated in star-forming regions.
GRB ensures that public policies are planned, financed and monitored in a way that is responsive to the specific needs of women and men, girls and boys and that deliberately addresses equality gaps.
The boy told police White was on duty as a security guard for the GRB at the time and was wearing his uniform.
Content studio and global distribution company GRB Studios has acquired two original unscripted series for international distribution.
The GRB occurred within the nuclear region of a massive galaxy, a location that is rather unique.
Participants will partially transition to CCC’s Fulton campus their junior and senior years, as they will take two classes per semester at CCC while their remaining classes will take place back at GRB.
An average long GRB has a bolometric flux comparable to a bright star of our galaxy despite a distance of billions of light years (compared to a few tens of light years for most visible stars).
An optical transient event associated with this GRB has not been found, despite its intensity.
It is expected to explode in a core-collapse-supernova at some point within the next 500,000 years and it is possible that this explosion will create a GRB.
Simpson and Dean (2002) A Gamma ray burst (GRB) found in conjunction with a supernova has been called a Rosetta Stone for understanding the origin of GRBs.
Stern 2007 Any successful model of GRB emission must explain the physical process for generating gamma-ray emission that matches the observed diversity of light curves, spectra, and other characteristics.
The GRB experiment consisted of two CsI scintillator crystals with photomultipliers.
The immediate effect on life on Earth from a GRB within a few parsecs would only be a short increase in ultraviolet radiation at ground level, lasting from less than a second to tens of seconds.
The solar X-ray and cosmic gamma-ray burst experiment (GRB) had 3 main objectives: study and monitor solar flares, detect and localize cosmic gamma-ray bursts, and in-situ detection of Jovian aurorae.
This allows the telescopes to rapidly repoint towards a GRB, often within seconds of receiving the signal and while the gamma-ray emission itself is still ongoing.
Usually it is the more widely spread species that fare better in extinction, hence this unusual pattern could be explained by a GRB.
With the evolving understanding of the mechanisms behind gamma-ray bursts and the progenitors that triggers them, a growing number of local, past and future GRB candidates are emerging in the scientific literature.
Common combinations with grb
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the grb 4×
- long grb 2×
- grb has 2×
- of grb 2×