big bang
noun
: the cosmic explosion that marked the beginning of the universe according to the big bang theory
In 1965 Arno A. Penzias and Robert W. Wilson of the Bell Telephone Laboratories discovered that the space of the universe is bathed with a diffuse radiation that is assumed to persist following the "big bang" expansion of the universe from an original fireball.—
V. L. Ginzburg
compare big crunch, big rip
V. L. GinzburgExamples of big bang in a Sentence
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In a year already jam-packed with marquee releases from Ariana Grande, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, Boone started off his year with a somewhat whimper, followed by a big bang.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024
But before this big bang, there was really just one direct vehicle in the U.S. market: Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, which uses the ticker GBTC.
—Telis Demos, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2024
The bad news, of course, is that the economy has been trickling along for literally hundreds of years, absent a few big bangs.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2023
Or so much that the expansion will eventually reverse itself in a kind of about-face big bang?
—Richard Panek, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2023
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The Theory of Everything
The Bottom Line Lots of theories, not enough big bangs.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2023
While this was percolating before Covid started, it’s hit a fever pitch now, and people throughout the country want a big bang for their buck.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2023
But Nolan’s reshuffling of the story’s chronology seems more born of a showman’s instinct to save his big bang for a climax.
—WIRED, 24 July 2023
And because such a universe doesn’t have a beginning, there’s no big bang and no singularity.
—James Riordon, Scientific American, 24 May 2023
Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024
But before this big bang, there was really just one direct vehicle in the U.S. market: Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, which uses the ticker GBTC.
—Telis Demos, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2024
The bad news, of course, is that the economy has been trickling along for literally hundreds of years, absent a few big bangs.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2023
Or so much that the expansion will eventually reverse itself in a kind of about-face big bang?
—Richard Panek, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2023
Related Stories Movies 'The Killer' Review: Michael Fassbender Is an Unsettled Assassin in David Fincher's Wry, Pleasingly Pulpy Thriller
The Theory of Everything
The Bottom Line Lots of theories, not enough big bangs.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2023
While this was percolating before Covid started, it’s hit a fever pitch now, and people throughout the country want a big bang for their buck.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2023
But Nolan’s reshuffling of the story’s chronology seems more born of a showman’s instinct to save his big bang for a climax.
—WIRED, 24 July 2023
And because such a universe doesn’t have a beginning, there’s no big bang and no singularity.
—James Riordon, Scientific American, 24 May 2023
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