HyperDic: big-bang_theory

English > 1 sense of the expression big-bang theory:
NOUNcognitionbig-bang theory, big bang theory(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
English > big-bang theory: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning(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.
Synonymbig bang theory
Categorycosmology, cosmogony, cosmogenyThe branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe
Broaderscientific theoryA theory that explains scientific observations
Catalanteoria del Big Bang

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