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BIG BANG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(cosmology) the cosmic explosion that is hypothesized to have marked the origin of the universe
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("big bang" is a kind of...):
blowup; detonation; explosion (a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction)
Domain category:
cosmogeny; cosmogony; cosmology (the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe)
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