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anthropic principles

anthropic principles is the plural of anthropic principle.

Meaning of anthropic principle

Noun

anthropic principle (plural anthropic principles)

  1. Any of several similar explanations for the nature of the universe, and for the values of its fundamental constants, that states either that the universe is as it is because otherwise we wouldn't be here to observe it, or that the very presence of intelligent life constrains the universe to be as it is.
    • The Anthropic Principle states that the universe seems to be arranged in a way that favours the appearance and survival of life.1994, Anthony Weir, Dispatches from the War Against the World

Questions about anthropic principles

What is anthropic principles the plural of?
Anthropic principles is the plural of anthropic principle.

Words near anthropic principles in the dictionary

  1. anthrophony
  2. anthropic
  3. anthropic coincidence
  4. anthropic coincidences
  5. anthropic principle
  6. anthropic principles
  7. anthropical
  8. anthropically
  9. anthropics
  10. anthropisation
  11. anthropise

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