NOUN | time | cosmic time | the time covered by the physical formation and development of the universe |
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Meaning | The time covered by the physical formation and development of the universe. | |
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Narrower | equinox | Either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length |
sidereal time | Measured by the diurnal motion of stars | |
solstice | Either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator | |
Broader | time | The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past |
Spanish | tiempo cósmico | |
Catalan | temps còsmic |
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