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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The beginning of space, time, matter, energy, and of the expansion of the universe according to the Big Bang theory.

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  • proper noun 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.

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Examples

  • A daring theory of how the universe, instead of expanding indefinitely, could start again in another Big Bang.

    In the End Is the Beginning Peter Woit 2011

  • In the best Big Bang model we have today – ΛCDM Lambda Cold Dark Matter – the outer halos are built up through the merger and dissolution of smaller, dwarf, satellite galaxies.

    Death in the Sky: M31 Shreds its Satellites | Universe Today 2010

  • There is no more reason to expect Vietnamese students to warm to western English speaking culture than there is to expect a bunch of guys in Hartlepool to want to sit and eat pho and sing along to Big Bang.

    Ten Things I Think I Know (Part 1) « Ken Wilson's Blog 2010

  • Chilled spacecraft to coldly go in search of Big Bang

    Letters: Absolute silence 2010

  • On the realm of Universal fate, have you heard about the theory of the "Big Rip" as an end to the Universe that's been proposed since it was learned that Universal expansion is accellerating rather than just going off of Big Bang mommentum?

    Jerry Falwell: Romney's Mormonism "Will Not Be A Factor" 2009

  • Chasing Alpha is the third book in your trilogy on the City of London, starting with "The Death of Gentlemanly Capitalism," that tracked the history of the City either side of Big Bang in 1986.

    How the Golden Decade Turned to Dross 2009

  • G-Dragon, the leader of Big Bang, whose off-stage name is Kwon Ji Yong, tested positive for marijuana use, YG said in a statement on Oct. 5.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • G-Dragon, the leader of Big Bang, whose off-stage name is Kwon Ji Yong, tested positive for marijuana use, YG said in a statement on Oct. 5.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • The FT's iPad app will be free to download and for the first two months, readers will be able to get a free trial of ft. com, thanks to sponsor Hublot, the maker of Big Bang watches owned by luxury group LVMH.

    Reuters: Top News 2010

  • The FT's iPad app will be free to download and for the first two months, readers will be able to get a free trial of ft. com, thanks to sponsor Hublot, the maker of Big Bang watches owned by luxury group LVMH.

    Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2010

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