big crunch

American  

[big kruhnch] / ˈbɪg ˈkrʌntʃ /

noun

big crunches plural

1. Astronomy. Also, Big Crunch. a hypothetical event in which gravitational attraction causes the universe to contract until it eventually collapses to a singularity or black hole.

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big crunch Scientific  

1. The convergence of all matter, energy, and space into a single, minute point. This convergence is hypothesized to be the final event in the universe in some cosmological theories.

2. Compare big bang See also closed universe

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• big crunches
  plural