Big Bang
See also: big bang
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editCoined by English astronomer Fred Hoyle on the BBC Third Programme, broadcast at 18:30 GMT on 28 March 1949, intended as a derogatory term.
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edit- (cosmology) The cosmic event that marks the beginning of time and the rapid expansion of space for the visible universe. The evolution of the universe since that beginning point is described by the Big Bang Theory.
- 1955, Fred Hoyle, chapter 6, in The nature of the universe, page 113:
- On scientific grounds this big bang assumption is much less the palatable of the two.
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editBorrowed from English Big Bang.
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editUnadapted borrowing from English Big Bang.
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- (cosmology) Big Bang (cosmic event that marked the beginning of time)
- Synonym: Grande Expansão
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