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missing mass

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noun Astrophysics.
  1. the difference in mass in the universe between that observed to exist and that necessary for the closed universe model.
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Origin of missing mass

First recorded in 1975–80
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missing mass

[mĭs′ĭng]
  1. See dark matter.
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