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cosmological principle

noun Astronomy.

the hypothesis that the universe is isotropic and homogeneous on a large scale: used to simplify the equations of general relativity for models of the universe.

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Nearby words

  1. cosmography,
  2. cosmoid,
  3. cosmological,
  4. cosmological argument,
  5. cosmological constant,
  6. cosmological redshift,
  7. cosmologically,
  8. cosmology,
  9. cosmonaut,
  10. cosmonautics
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British Dictionary definitions for cosmological principle

cosmological principle

noun

astronomy the theory that the universe is uniform, homogenous, and isotropic, and therefore appears the same from any position
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