cosmological constant: Meaning and Definition of

cosmolog'ical con'stant

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— Astron. Astron.
  1. 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. Cf. Einstein model.
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