"cosmic time" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cosmic times [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cosmic time (countable and uncountable, plural cosmic times)
  1. (physics, cosmology) The measure of time, t, 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Cosmology, Physics
    Sense id: en-cosmic_time-en-noun-7Efh1KAW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: astronomy, cosmology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Inflected forms

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