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cosmological constant

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English

Syllables
cos-mo-log-i-cal -con-stant
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
7
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Inflected Forms

cosmological constants (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

dark energy vacuum energy dark sector quintessence phantom energy

Synonyms

Λ lambda

Questions

What does cosmological constant mean?
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.

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