axis of evil
English
Etymology
First used by President George W. Bush in the State of the Union Address in 2002 . Possibly from a historical analogy to the German-Italian-Japanese Axis. Extended to astrophysics by João Magueijo in 2005.
Noun
axis of evil (plural axes of evil)
- A group of states accused by George W. Bush of sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction, originally defined as Iran, Iraq, and North Korea.
- (astrophysics, cosmology) An anomaly in the temperature of the cosmic microwave background as the result of a preferential axis which may have shaped the development of the universe, sometimes abbreviated AOE.
Translations
states sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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See also
- (astrophysics): dark flow, CMB cold spot
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