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Newtonian cosmology
  کیهان‌شناسی ِ نیوتنی  
keyhânšenâsi-ye Newtoni
Fr.: cosmologie newtonienne  

The use of → Newtonian mechanics to derive homogeneous and isotropic solutions of → Einstein’s field equations, which represent models of expanding Universe. The Newtonian cosmology deviates from the prediction of → general relativity in the general case of anisotropic and inhomogeneous models.

See also: → Newtonian; → cosmology.