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  Theory of Everything

  noun

  a theory intended to show that the electroweak, strong, and gravitational forces are components of a single quantized force.
• theory of everything
  theory of everything

  A physical theory, such as a grand unified theory, that attempts to explain all physical matter and interactions under a single unified set of principles.

Theory of Everything

American  

noun

1. a theory intended to show that the electroweak, strong, and gravitational forces are components of a single quantized force.

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theory of everything Scientific  

1. A physical theory, such as a grand unified theory, that attempts to explain all physical matter and interactions under a single unified set of principles.

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Etymology

Origin of Theory of Everything

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

As imposing as Roberts’s piece is ethereal, Walter McConnell’s “A Theory of Everything — Requiem in White” is a towering monument made of individual porcelain figurines, many of them kitschy.

From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2022

It takes someone rather bold or foolish – or both – to not only try to create a Theory of Everything, but also state that is their intention.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2022

The Danish Girl was released months after Redmayne won the Oscar for best actor for playing Professor Stephen hawking in The Theory of Everything.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2021

For The Theory of Everything the director, James Marsh, talked to a variety of actors for the role of Stephen Hawking.

From The Guardian • Apr. 26, 2018

Physicists began to think that string theory would unify quantum mechanics with relativity; they believed that it would lead to the theory of quantum gravity—the Theory of Everything that explains every phenomenon in the universe.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife