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cosmological horizon

cosmological horizon noun: the distance from an observer in a universe beyond which it is impossible for the observer to see, as the light (or other luminal particles) cannot have travelled that distance over the current age of that universe.

Noun

cosmological horizon (plural cosmological horizons)

  1. The distance from an observer in a universe beyond which it is impossible for the observer to see, as the light (or other luminal particles) cannot have travelled that distance over the current age of that universe.

Synonyms of cosmological horizon

Forms of cosmological horizon

pluralcosmological horizons

Questions about cosmological horizon

What does cosmological horizon mean?
Cosmological horizon means the distance from an observer in a universe beyond which it is impossible for the observer to see, as the light (or other luminal particles) cannot have travelled that distance over the current age of that universe.
What part of speech is cosmological horizon?
Cosmological horizon is a noun.
What is the plural of cosmological horizon?
The plural of cosmological horizon is cosmological horizons.

Words near cosmological horizon in the dictionary

  1. cosmological constants
  2. cosmological decade
  3. cosmological decades
  4. cosmological event horizon
  5. cosmological event horizons
  6. cosmological horizon
  7. cosmological horizons
  8. cosmological natural selection
  9. cosmological perturbation theory
  10. cosmological principle
  11. cosmological redshift

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