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closed universe

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

  • noun A model of the universe in which there is sufficient matter, and thus gravitational force, to halt the expansion initiated by the Big Bang.

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  • noun (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

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