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- US Pronunciation
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- [ohl-berz]
- /ˈoʊl bərz/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [ohl-berz]
- /ˈoʊl bərz/
Definition of olbers' paradox words
- noun olbers' paradox the paradox that if the universe consisted of an infinite number of stars equally distributed through space, then every line of sight would come from a star and the night sky would glow uniformly, which is observationally not true. 1
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Origin of olbers' paradox
First appearance:
before 1950 One of the 5% newest English words
First recorded in 1950-55; after H.W.M. Olbers
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olbers' paradox popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 2% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
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