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adj. - Pertaining to the branch of philosophy dealing with the elements and laws and especially the characteristics of the universe such as space and time and causality;

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  • To do this, Einstein inserted a fudge factor, which he called the cosmological constant.
  • Linder: So the granddaddy of all concepts of dark energy was put forward by Albert Einstein all the way back in 1917, what he called the cosmological constant.
  • The cosmological is constantly at war with the personal.
  • Sure, just as we've failed in cosmological research, and have no idea how, say, the solar system really formed.
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