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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
an arbitrary constant in the equations of general relativity theory
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: constant
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