Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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closed universe | Yes | No | No | No |
cosmology | Yes | No | No | No |
closed universe (noun) | cosmology (noun) |
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(cosmology) a universe that is spatially closed and in which there is sufficient matter to halt the expansion that began with the big bang; the visible matter is only 10 percent of the matter required for closure but there may be large amounts of dark matter | the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe |
the metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe |