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Noun Concept
Categories: Physical cosmology, Anthropic principle, Determinism, Astronomical hypotheses, Isaac Newton
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clockwork universe  Clockwork universe theory  World-machine
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The view that the universe resembles a clock built by God and ticking along according to Newtonian mechanics WordNet 3.0
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The view that the universe resembles a clock built by God and ticking along according to Newtonian mechanics WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In the history of science, the clockwork universe compares the universe to a mechanical clock. Wikipedia
Compares the operation of the physical universe to the workings of a mechanical clock Wikipedia Disambiguation
A universe in which all of the actions of matter and energy operate as reactions according to predetermined rules set down by a creator, like the movements of a clock. Wiktionary
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Clockwork universe theory
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Clockwork universe theory, World-machine

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