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cosmic time

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Noun1.cosmic time - the time covered by the physical formation and development of the universe
time - the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
sidereal time - measured by the diurnal motion of stars
solstice - either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator
equinox - either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length


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The new work "gives us the most detailed and accurate theoretical predictions so far of the properties of galaxies from the dawn of cosmic time to the present day," comments Nickolay Gnedin of the University of Colorado in Boulder.
Cosmic computing: simulating the universe by Cowen, Ron / Science News
Specific contributions on the role of fossils as geological clocks, time and life, dating humans, and the abstraction of cosmic time are also included.
The Age of the Earth: from 4004 BC to AD 2002 by Pemberton, S. George / Geoscience Canada
It is of huge consolation to read and to conceive of the incommensurable abstraction and indifference of cosmic time to human affairs.
Martin Rees. (When words don't fail) by Golub, Leon / Artforum International
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