Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heat death of the universe

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.36 in modern English

Syllables: heat death of the u-ni-verse
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

3

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A theoretical future state of the universe in which the universe attains thermodynamic equilibrium and a further increase of entropy is no longer possible.

name

The end of time; the end of a very long time.

Humorous

Example Sentences

"I still think he's wrong, but I gave in because I knew he would argue about it until the heat death of the universe."

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

the heat death of the universe (canonical)

Frequently Paired Words

equilibrium

Synonyms

Big Chill Big Freeze

Questions

What does heat death of the universe mean?: A theoretical future state of the universe in which the universe attains thermodynamic equilibrium and a further increase of entropy is no longer possible.

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