cosmological constant

1. 1.

   an arbitrary constant in the equations of general relativity theory

   Broaderconstant

Questions about cosmological constant

What does cosmological constant mean?

cosmological constant means "an arbitrary constant in the equations of general relativity theory".

Is cosmological constant a common word?

cosmological constant is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.