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vacuum catastrophe

vacuum catastrophe proper noun: the disagreement of over 100 orders of magnitude between measured values of the vacuum energy density and the theoretical zero-point energy suggested by a naïve application of quantum field theory.

Proper noun

vacuum catastrophe

  1. The disagreement of over 100 orders of magnitude between measured values of the vacuum energy density and the theoretical zero-point energy suggested by a naïve application of quantum field theory.

Questions about vacuum catastrophe

What does vacuum catastrophe mean?
Vacuum catastrophe means the disagreement of over 100 orders of magnitude between measured values of the vacuum energy density and the theoretical zero-point energy suggested by a naïve application of quantum field theory.
What part of speech is vacuum catastrophe?
Vacuum catastrophe is a proper noun.

Words near vacuum catastrophe in the dictionary

  1. vacuum bottles
  2. vacuum brake
  3. vacuum brakes
  4. vacuum bubble
  5. vacuum bubbles
  6. vacuum catastrophe
  7. vacuum chamber
  8. vacuum cleaner
  9. vacuum cleaners
  10. vacuum decay
  11. vacuum desiccator

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