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Definition of Closed universe
1. Noun. (cosmology) a universe that is spatially closed and in which there is sufficient matter to halt the expansion that began with the big bang; the visible matter is only 10 percent of the matter required for closure but there may be large amounts of dark matter.
Generic synonyms: Cosmos, Creation, Existence, Macrocosm, Universe, World
Lexicographical Neighbors of Closed Universe
Literary usage of Closed universe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reconstruction in Philosophy by John Dewey (1920)
"When the idea of a fixed centre went, there went with it the idea of a closed
universe and a circumscribing heavenly boundary. To the Greek sense, ..."
2. Psychological Review by American Psychological Association (1907)
"He is really trying to escape from the -physical -world considered as a closed
universe, a construction which as Wundt among others has pointed out is ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1874)
"The total crash of Aristotle's closed universe with the earth at its centre
followed as a consequence ; and " the earth moves " became ..."
4. Philosophical Essays Presented to John Watson by John Watson (1922)
"What this philosophy seems anxious to avoid is on the one hand a starting point
other than physical science would admit, and on the other a closed universe ..."
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