English noun: closed universe | |||
1. | closed universe (object) (cosmology) a universe that is spatially closed and in which there is sufficient matter to halt the expansion that began with the big bang; the visible matter is only 10 percent of the matter required for closure but there may be large amounts of dark matter | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cosmos, creation, existence, macrocosm, universe, world | ||
Domain category | cosmogeny, cosmogony, cosmology | ||