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superexplosion

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A particularly large or intense explosion (in any sense).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1979, Robert A. Freitas Jr., Xenology: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Extraterrestrial Life, Intelligence, and Civilization, (Chapter 4. Xenology: The Context of the Universe)https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/vida_alien/xenology/04.0.htm The energy corresponds to a constant, uniform temperature of 2.7 K. This actual relic of the primeval ylem superexplosion strongly affirms the Big Bang theories, and appears to verify the Cosmological Principle mentioned earlier.

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History

Etymology

From super- + explosion.