English Explanatory Dictionary

clockwork universe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

clockwork universe clockwork universes

Related words

clockmaker like clockwork deism determinism mechanistic orrery pandeism polydeism Ptolemaic system watchmaker
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