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cosmological constant

 
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–noun Astronomy.
a term introduced by Einstein into his field equations of general relativity to permit a stationary, nonexpanding universe: it has since been abandoned in most models of the universe.

Origin:
1925–30
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cosmological constant

noun
an arbitrary constant in the equations of general relativity theory 
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