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UNIVERSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Everything stated or assumed in a given discussion
Synonyms:
universe; universe of discourse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("universe" is a kind of...):
cognitive content; content; mental object (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn
Example:
it is an estimate of the mean of the population
Synonyms:
population; universe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("universe" is a kind of...):
accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)
Domain category:
statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "universe"):
subpopulation (a population that is part of a larger population)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Everything that exists anywhere
Example:
the biggest tree in existence
Synonyms:
cosmos; creation; existence; macrocosm; universe; world
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("universe" is a kind of...):
natural object (an object occurring naturally; not made by man)
Meronyms (parts of "universe"):
celestial body; heavenly body (natural objects visible in the sky)
estraterrestrial body; extraterrestrial object (a natural object existing outside the earth and outside the earth's atmosphere)
Meronyms (members of "universe"):
extragalactic nebula; galaxy ((astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "universe"):
closed universe ((cosmology) a universe that is spatially closed and in which there is sufficient matter to halt the expansion that began with the big bang; the visible matter is only 10 percent of the matter required for closure but there may be large amounts of dark matter)
natural order (the physical universe considered as an orderly system subject to natural (not human or supernatural) laws)
nature (the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.)
Derivation:
universal (of worldwide scope or applicability)
Context examples:
They also generate many of the chemical elements in our universe that are heavier than iron.
(NASA Satellite Spots a Mystery That's Gone in a Flash, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
It must tend to some end, or else our universe is ruled by chance, which is unthinkable.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
We get the small truth first. Good! We keep him, and we value him; but all the same we must not let him think himself all the truth in the universe.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
The terminology entity that represents the NCI Thesaurus universe; the abstract container that holds all of the NCI Thesaurus terminology entities and concepts.
(NCI Namespace, NCI Thesaurus)
Before he had known the gods, she had been to him the centre-pin of the universe.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
For the first time, researchers surveyed the local universe for galaxies likely to host these binaries, then predicted which black hole pairs are the likeliest to merge and be detected while doing so.
(Listening for Gravitational Waves Using Pulsars, NASA)
The observations have revealed numerous clumps of material, a baker's dozen of which may evolve into the most powerful kinds of stars in the universe.
(Herschel sees budding stars and a giant, strange ring, NASA)
For the first time, astronomers have detected a signal from stars emerging in the early universe.
(Astronomers detect ancient signal from first stars in universe, National Science Foundation)
Today, the universe is so diffuse that it cannot create such objects anymore.
(Telescopes Uncover Early Construction of Giant Galaxy, NASA)
The universe of discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation.
(Context, NCI Thesaurus)
