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    In cosmology, what is meant by pressure?

    If the universe is modelled as a fluid, without viscosity and heat-conductivity, a stress tensor is used involving density and pressure. I can understand (I think) the significance of density (the density of matter on a scale rather larger than the galactic scale); what is the significance of...
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    In cosmology, what is meant by pressure?

    If the universe is modelled as a fluid, without viscosity and heat-conductivity, a stress tensor is used involving density and pressure. I can understand (I think) the significance of density (the density of matter on a scale rather larger than the galactic scale); what is the significance of...
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