clockwork universe

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   the view that the universe resembles a clock built by God and ticking along according to Newtonian mechanics

   BroaderWeltanschauung

Questions about clockwork universe

What does clockwork universe mean?

clockwork universe means "the view that the universe resembles a clock built by God and ticking along according to Newtonian mechanics".

Is clockwork universe a common word?

clockwork universe is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.