English Explanatory Dictionary

cosmological constant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

cosmological constant cosmological constants

Synonyms

Λ lambda
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