Universe
The universe is commonly defined as the totality of existence, including planets, stars, galaxies, the contents of intergalactic space, and all matter and energy. Definitions and usage vary and similar terms include the cosmos, the world and nature.
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Some articles on universe:
... As the universe expands, more distant objects recede from the Earth faster, in what is called the Hubble Flow ... of disturbed and irregular galaxies than the local universe galaxy collisions and mergers were more common in the young universe as it was much smaller than today ... astronomers to estimate the variation in the rate of star formation over the lifetime of the universe ...
... In economics and marketing a universe is a population to be studied or measured ... In economics a population to be measured is described as a "universe", and the measures which are generated are intended to reflect the behavior of ... Different statistical surveys may measure related, but different, universes and have to be adjusted to reflect this difference ...
... native of Atlantis in the Marvel comics universe Andromeda (Pantheon) Laurel Gand codenamed Andromeda, character of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the DC comics universe Andromeda Shun ...
... Universe Spy Changer Optimus Prime with Prowl (2004) The parallel-universe spanning Transformers Universe line also featured a yellow repaint of the Spy ...
... The shape or geometry of the universe includes both local geometry in the observable universe and global geometry, which we may or may not be able to measure ... of the four-dimensional space-time of the universe ... If the observable universe is smaller than the entire universe (in some models it is many orders of magnitude smaller), one cannot determine the global structure by observation one is limited to a small patch ...
More definitions of "universe":
- (noun): (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn.
Synonyms: population
- (noun): Everything stated or assumed in a given discussion.
Synonyms: universe of discourse
Famous quotes containing the word universe:
“... if we take the universe of ‘fitting,’ countless coats ‘fit’ backs, and countless boots ‘fit’ feet, on which they are not practically fitted; countless stones ‘fit’ gaps in walls into which no one seeks to fit them actually. In the same way countless opinions ‘fit’ realities, and countless truths are valid, tho no thinker ever thinks them.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“The kind of scientist who has no room for faith in his universe is rather old-fashioned nowadays.”
—Robert D. Andrews, and Nick Grindé. Dr. John Garth (Boris Karloff)
“The universe is then one, infinite, immobile.... It is not capable of comprehension and therefore is endless and limitless, and to that extent infinite and indeterminable, and consequently immobile.”
—Giordano Bruno (1548–1600)