Term: 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
Candidate hypernym: natural object: an object occurring naturally; not made by man → 1
Candidate hypernym: texas ranger: a member of the Texas state highway patrol; formerly a mounted lawman who maintained order on the frontier → 0
Candidate hypernym: starvation acidosis: acidosis in which the acidity results from lack of food which leads to fat catabolism which in turn releases acidic ketone bodies → 0
Candidate hypernym: plate: the quantity contained in a plate → 0
Candidate hypernym: carborundum: an abrasive composed of silicon carbide crystals → 0
Candidate hypernym: fly poison: all parts of plant are highly toxic; bulb pounded and used as a fly poison; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae → 0
Candidate hypernym: global positioning system: a navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver → 0
Candidate hypernym: largess: a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously → 0
Candidate hypernym: disposition: a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing → 0
Candidate hypernym: calendar: a tabular array of the days (usually for one year) → 0
Candidate hypernym: flint: a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony → 0