physical constant

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Also Known As	universal constant • fundamental constant

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spring constant Curie constant time constant nuclear magneton Thomson cross section fine-structure constant Lamé constant Michaelis constant gravitational constant dielectric constant time antimatter molecular beam vector mole quantum radiation chemical bonding mechanics chemical element

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Arthur Stanley Eddington.

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