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missing mass problem problem The cosmic mass that some scientists hypothesize so that the universe will have the critical density of matter, with an exact balance between gravitational energy and kinetic energy of expansion. Such mass is called missing because it represents about 10 times as much mass as has actually been detected. (See closed universe; critical mass density; dark matter.)

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missing mass problem	problem		The cosmic mass that some scientists hypothesize so that the universe will have the critical density of matter, with an exact balance between gravitational energy and kinetic energy of expansion. Such mass is called missing because it represents about 10 times as much mass as has actually been detected. (See closed universe; critical mass density; dark matter.)

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