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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
big bang

▶noun

1 Astronomy the rapid expansion of matter from a state of extremely high density and temperature which according to current cosmological theories marked the origin of the universe.

2 (Big Bang) (in the UK) the introduction in 1986 of major changes in trading in the Stock Exchange.

'big bang' also found in these Oxford entries:

big crunch - microwave background - ylem

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