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arrow of time

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arrow of time [¦ar·ō əv ′tīm]
(physiology)
The uniform and unique direction associated with the apparent inevitable flow of time into the future.


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Along an arrow of time starting at the Big Bang, Chaisson depicts cosmic evolution in a wide range of systems: particulate, galactic, stellar, planetary, chemical, biological, and cultural.
In the more sophisticated picture of the arrow of time given by Stephen Hawking, we still see a relentless, one-way progression of the universe from a big bang toward some goal, maybe even a final collapse upon itself.
On the same program, put together by artistic director Madeline Cantarella Culpo, was Philip Jerry's 1991 Our Town and the the premieres of Mary Giannone's Temple Caves and Laura Dean's Night Wind, the latter a repeat-except for the color of the costumes-of Arrow of Time, which she made for the troupe last year.
 
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