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big bang
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big bang
(noun)
big bang
noun
big bang
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of BIG BANG
the big bang
:
a huge explosion that might have happened when the universe began
a few billion years after
the big bang
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◊ The scientific theory that the universe began with a huge explosion is called
the big bang theory
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