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cosmological principle
the theory that the universe is uniform, homogenous, and isotropic, and therefore appears the same from any position -
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faraday effect
the rotation of the plane of polarization of plane-polarized light as the light passes through certain isotropic media in the direction of a strong magnetic field in which the medium is placed. -
friedmann model
any model of the universe deduced from a homogeneous, isotropic solution of Einstein's field equations without a cosmological constant. Such models form the mathematical basis for many modern cosmologies and provide for expansion or contraction of the universe.