dark energy

noun

Etymology

Coined by American cosmologist Michael Turner in 1998, in reference to the earlier term dark matter.

Definitions

  1. A hypothetical form of energy thought to be spread uniformly throughout space (and time)…

    A hypothetical form of energy thought to be spread uniformly throughout space (and time) and to have anti-gravitational properties: it represents a possible mechanism for the cosmological constant, and thus is one of the possible explanations for the current accelerating rate of expansion of the universe; and it is estimated to account for about 74% of the mass-energy of the universe.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dark energy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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