big-bang theory

big·bangt·heory

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noun

1.

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

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2.

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

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scientific theory

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noun
singular	big-bang theory
plural	big-bang theories

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