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Origin of the universe
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big bang
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Wikipedia
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Big Bang (; lit. "I'll Shoot") is a 2007 South Korean action-comedy film written and directed by Park Jung-woo , and starring Kam Woo-sung and Kim Su-ro .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
big bang \big bang\ n. (Astron.) The explosive event marking the beginning of the known universe, according to big bang theory ; the beginning of time. Note: The big bang is likened to a massive explosion from a point containing all of the matter and energy ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
hypothetical explosive beginning of the universe, developed from the work of Monsignor Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître and George Gamow, the name first attested 1950 (said to have been used orally 1949) by British astronomer Fred Hoyle (1915-2001) ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (cosmology) the cosmic explosion that is hypothesized to have marked the origin of the universe
Usage examples of big bang.
Then, this afternoon, he had blown a hose or something, he had taken the Wentworth exit in search of the Great American Service Station, and then whoa, dude there had come a big bang from under the hood and all the dials on the dashboard started showing bad news.