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noun
The measure of time by a physical clock with zero peculiar velocity in the absence of matter overdensities or underdensities; commonly used in the Big Bang models of physical cosmology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: astronomy, cosmology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
the time covered by the physical formation and development of the universe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: time
Narrower terms: sidereal time, solstice, equinox
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