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big crunch
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big crunch
n.
1. A model of the future of the universe in which it stops expanding and ultimately collapses on itself due to the force of gravity of its constituent parts.
2. The point at which such a collapse occurs.
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.


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The Big Bang, therefore, was not a unique event which marked the beginning of time but only part of an infinite sequence of Big Bangs and Big Crunches.
'A DAY WITHOUT YESTERDAY' - Georges Lemaitre & the Big Bang by Midbon, Mark / Commonweal
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