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oscillating universe
oscillating universen. A closed-universe model in which the expansion of the universe slows and reverses, causing a collapse into a singularity that then expands into a new universe, creating a periodic cycle.Translationsoscillating Universe
oscillating Universe (os -ă-layt-ing) (pulsating Universe) A closed Universe in which collapse is followed by a reexpansion.oscillating universe[′äs·ə‚lād·iŋ ′yü·nə‚vərs] (astronomy) An extension of the closed universe model in which the universe, after contracting toward a singularity, undergoes another big bang to begin a new cycle, and thenceforth oscillates between successive expansions and contractions, each contraction followed by a new big bang. |