An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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cosmic time
  زمان ِ کیهانی  
zamân-e keyhâni
Fr.: temps cosmique  

The time as measured by a clock that is at rest relative to the expanding space, and that has been set to zero at the very beginning, the time of the hypothetical → Big Bang singularity. The cosmic time is interpreted as the → age of the Universe (Einstein-online).

See also: → cosmic; → time.