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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A possible end point of the expanding universe at which the accelerating expansion of space-time initiated at the Big Bang extends to small enough spatial scales to rip apart atoms and subatomic particles.
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- proper noun astronomy One
hypothetical end of theuniverse in which itexpands at an increasing rate until allmatter is torn apart.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[On the model of Big Bang.]
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