Definition of Big-bang theory

1. Noun. (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.

Exact synonyms: Big Bang Theory
Generic synonyms: Scientific Theory
Category relationships: Cosmogeny, Cosmogony, Cosmology

Lexicographical Neighbors of Big-bang Theory

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Literary usage of Big-bang theory

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. First Workshop on Grand Unification: New England Center, University of New by Paul H. Frampton, Sheldon L. Glashow, Asim Yildiz (1980)
"EVOLUTION OF knB/s DUE TO ONE SUPERHEAVY SPECIES One of the great triumphs of the Big Bang theory and theoretical astrophysics is the detailed calculation ..."

2. Vibrations and Waves by Benjamin Crowell (2002)
"What the Big Bang Is not Finally it should be noted what the Big Bang theory is not. It is not an explanation of why the universe exists. ..."

3. Neither Created Nor Evolved: Living Joyously Without a Creator by Walter Prytulak (2001)
"The Big Bang theory explaining how our universe came into being is more religious than scientific. By reducing the entire universe, which is billions of ..."

4. Air Traffic Control Modernization: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce edited by Slade Gorton (2000)
"We heard from Dr. Dillingham "the big bang theory." And I think what we have now in the current plan for NAS modernization is an evolutionary, ..."

5. Electricity and Magnetism by Benjamin Crowell (2002)
"Creation of hydrogen and helium in the Big Bang We have discussed in book 3 of this series the evidence for the Big Bang theory of the origin of the ..."

6. Allah and Elohim: Are They the Same God? by Sherly Isaac (2002)
"Osama Abdullah writes in his article. "The Big Bang Theory and the Cosmic Crunch in the Noble Quran". (Published in http://answering-islam.com). ..."

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