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Noun: dark energy
  1. (cosmology) the unknown energy thought to make up about 70 per cent of the observed total in the universe, associated with a negative pressure that makes the universe expand faster; the simplest form of dark energy is a cosmological constant, however more general models allow for an evolving energy density and pressure

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