Big Bang

big bang English Etymology en English astronomer Fred Hoyle 1 on the BBC Third Programme, broadcast at 18:30 GMT on 28 March 1949. It is a popular but misinformed belief that this was intended as a derogatory term, Hoyle being a proponent of the opposing steady state theory, but Hoyle himself has rejected that notion. Pronunciation en en-us-Big Bang.ogg Mid-Atlantic US Proper noun Big Bang 1 en Q323 en cosmology The cosmic event that marks the beginning of time and the rapid expansion of space for the visible universe. The evolution of the universe since that beginning point is described by the Big Bang Theory. en big bang<id:Q323> en 1955 Fred Hoyle The nature of the universe 6 113 On scientific grounds this big bang assumption is much less the palatable of the two. en UK finance historical The sudden deregulation of financial markets effected by prime minister Margaret Thatcher in 1986. Coordinate terms en Big Bounce Big Brake Big Chill Big Crunch Big Freeze Big Rip gnaB giB Derived terms en Big Banger en pre-bangian Translations cosmic event Afrikaans: af oerknal Arabic: ar اَلِٱنْفِجَار الْعَظِيم m Belarusian: be Вялі́кі вы́бух m Bulgarian: bg Голя́м взрив m Catalan: ca big-bang m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 大爆炸 Dàbàozhà, cmn 大霹靂 Dàpīlì Czech: cs velký třesk m Danish: da Big Bang Dutch: nl oerknal m Esperanto: eo praeksplodo Estonian: et Suur Pauk Finnish: fi alkuräjähdys French: fr Bigbang m German: de Urknall m Greek: el Μεγάλη Έκρηξη f Hindi: hi महाविस्फोट Hungarian: hu ősrobbanás Icelandic: is Stóri hvellur m Indonesian: id Ledakan Dahsyat Ingush: inh Доаккха Эккхар Irish: ga ollphléasc f Italian: it Big Bang m Japanese: ja ビッグバン Bigguban Kazakh: kk Жойқын жарылыс Korean: ko ^빅뱅, ko ^대폭발 Macedonian: mk Големата експлозија f, mk Биг Бенг m Malay: ms Letupan Besar Mongolian: mn Их Тэсрэлт Persian: fa مهبانگ mahbâng Polish: pl Wielki Wybuch m Portuguese: pt Big Bang m Romanian: ro Big Bang, ro Marea Explozie f Russian: ru Большо́й взрыв m, ru Биг Бэ́нг m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Велики прасак m Latin: sh Veliki prasak m Slovak: sk Veľký tresk m Slovene: sl Prapok m Spanish: es Big Bang m Swedish: sv stora smällen c, sv Big Bang c Thai: th บิกแบง Turkish: tr Büyük Patlama Ukrainian: uk Вели́кий ви́бух m Vietnamese: vi Vụ Nổ Lớn Volapük: vo Rusplod, vo Splod Gretik Welsh: cy y Glec Fawr f Further reading Anagrams en abbggin gabbing gnaB giB gnab gib Gnab Gib en Astronomy Cosmology Physics Relativity Danish Etymology Borrowed from da en Big Bang. Pronunciation da /ˌbiɡ ˈbæːŋ/ Proper noun Big Bang en Big Bang Portuguese Alternative forms pt bigue-bangue rare Etymology pt :ubor en:Big Bang + 1 Pronunciation ˌbiɡbãɡi^,ˌbiɡbenɡi^ Proper noun m 1 pt cosmology en Big Bang cosmic event that marked the beginning of time pt Grande Expansão Romanian Etymology ro :ubor en:Big Bang + 1 Proper noun n Big Bang en Big Bang ro Cosmology