big bang

See also: bigbang and Big Bang

English

Etymology

See Big Bang.

Noun

big bang (plural big bangs)

1. (astrophysics) An explosion giving rise to a universe.

   Millions of big bangs may be happening as we speak.

2. A large implementation of a system rather than phased or gradual delivery

Derived terms

• big bang testing

Translations

explosion creating a universe

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 大爆炸 (daai⁶ baau³ zaa³)

  Mandarin: 大爆炸 (zh) (dàbàozhà), 大霹靂／大霹雳 (Dàpīlì), 大霹雳 (dàpīlì)

• Czech: velký třesk (cs) m
• Dutch: oerknal (nl) m
• Finnish: alkuräjähdys (fi)
• Greek: Μεγάλη Έκρηξη (el) f (Megáli Ékrixi)
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• Hindi: महाविस्फोट (mahāvisphoṭ)
• Irish: ollphléasc f
• Portuguese: big bang (pt) m
• Russian: Большо́й взрыв (ru) m (Bolʹšój vzryv)
• Spanish: big bang m
• Turkish: büyük patlama

Anagrams

• gabbing, gnaB giB

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Portuguese

Noun

big bang m (plural big bangs)

1. (astrophysics) big bang (explosion creating a universe)

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Spanish

Noun

big bang m (plural big bangs)

1. big bang

Further reading

• “big bang”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014