English Explanatory Dictionary

Russell's teapot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A china teapot which hypothetically orbits the Sun between Earth and Mars, which is too small to be detected by telescopes but cannot be proven not to exist.

Word forms

Russell's teapot

Etymology

From a teapot described in an article written in 1952 by Bertrand Russell, Is There a God?.

Synonyms

celestial teapot cosmic teapot
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