单词 | continuous creation |
释义 | > as lemmascontinuous creation continuous creation n. creation viewed as being a continuous process and not a single act at a particular time; spec. the view that the universe is in a steady state, new systems being formed continually to replace those that disappear. ΚΠ 1895 G. MacDonald Lilith vi. 35 The still face might be a primeval perfection; the live eyes were a continuous creation.] 1941 C. Singer Short Hist. Sci. Ideas v. 140 Averroes believed, not in a single act of creation, but in a continuous creation. 1950 F. Hoyle Nature of Universe v. 107 With continuous creation the apparent contradiction between the expansion of the Universe and the requirement that the background material shall..condense into galaxies is completely overcome. 1956 Ann. Reg. 1955 397 The distribution of radio-stars favoured evolutionary theories of cosmology rather than more recent theories of continuous creation. < as lemmas |
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