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Categories: Albert Einstein, Theories of gravitation, General relativity, Astronomical hypotheses, Big Bang

cosmological constant Cosmic constant Cosmic energy Cosmological constants cosmological term

An arbitrary constant in the equations of general relativity theory WordNet 3.0

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An arbitrary constant in the equations of general relativity theory WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In cosmology, the cosmological constant, alternatively called Einstein's cosmological constant, is the constant coefficient of a term that Albert Einstein temporarily added to his field equations of general relativity. Wikipedia

Constant representing stress-energy density of the vacuum in Einstein's equation and accounts for the rate of expansion of the universe Wikidata

A term added by Albert Einstein to his equations of general relativity in order to account for a supposed static universe, since used to describe vacuum energy as a form of dark energy. Wiktionary

Physical term. Wiktionary (translation)

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constant

physical constant

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Einstein field equations

Lambda-CDM model

cosmological model

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Einstein

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cosmological constant