Superexplosion
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A particularly large or intense explosion (in any sense).
"1979, Robert A. Freitas Jr., Xenology: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Extraterrestrial Life, Intelligence, and Civilization, (Chapter 4. Xenology: The Context of the Universe)https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/vida_alien/xenology/04.0.htm The energy corresponds to a constant, uniform temperature of 2.7 K. This actual relic of the primeval ylem superexplosion strongly affirms the Big Bang theories, and appears to verify the Cosmological Principle mentioned earlier."
Example
More examples"1979, Robert A. Freitas Jr., Xenology: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Extraterrestrial Life, Intelligence, and Civilization, (Chapter 4. Xenology: The Context of the Universe)https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/vida_alien/xenology/04.0.htm The energy corresponds to a constant, uniform temperature of 2.7 K. This actual relic of the primeval ylem superexplosion strongly affirms the Big Bang theories, and appears to verify the Cosmological Principle mentioned earlier."
Etymology
From super- + explosion.
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