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big-bang theory

DEFINITIONS OF: big-bang theory

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n (cosmology) the theory that the universe originated sometime between 10 billion and 20 billion years ago from the cataclysmic explosion of a small volume of matter at extremely high density and temperature

Synonyms:
big bang theory
Type of:
scientific theory
a theory that explains scientific observations
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