Big Chill


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Big Chill

n.
A possible end point of the universe, at which the average temperature of the universe approaches absolute zero because the expansion of the universe initiated at the Big Bang has decelerated almost to stopping. Also called Big Freeze.

[On the model of Big Bang.]
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