| big crunch n.
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| Main Entry: | Big Crunch |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | in astronomy, a hypothetical state of extremely high density and temperature into which a closed universe will recollapse in the distant future, a reversal of the big bang in which the current expansion stops, reverses, and results in all space and all matter collapsing together |
| Example: | The Big Crunch is thought to be the fate of the universe if the density of matter becomes sufficiently high. |
| Usage: | science |
| big crunch
The convergence of all matter, energy, and space into a single, minute point. This convergence is hypothesized to be the final event in the universe in some cosmological theories. Compare big bang. See also closed universe. |