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expansion parameter
  پارامون ِ سپانش  
pârâmun-e sopâneš
Fr.: paramètre d'expansion  

A → scale factor that relates the size of the Universe R = R(t) at time t to the size of the Universe R0 = R(t0) at time t0 by R = aR0. The expansion parameter represents the history of expansion of the Universe.

See also: → expansion; → parameter.