continuous creation
Britishnoun
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the theory that matter is being created continuously in the universe See steady-state theory
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the theory that animate matter is being continuously created from inanimate matter
Example Sentences
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The Hoyle-Narlikar theory boldly proposed the continuous creation of new matter in an infinite universe.
From BBC • May 23, 2025
“I realized during the pandemic that it’s about the continuous creation of an environment.”
From New York Times • May 9, 2022
Gold and Hoyle, like Lyttleton and Bondi, are backers of the theory of continuous creation, which holds that matter is still being created.
From Time Magazine Archive
This check convinced both parties that the "continuous creation" of hydrogen in space is an actual fact.
From Time Magazine Archive
What any eye IS, God only knows: her eyes must have been coming direct out of his own! the still face might be a primeval perfection; the live eyes were a continuous creation.
From Lilith, a romance by MacDonald, George
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